tdgeek:

 

insane:

 

Perhaps, but watching some of the videos, that boring design looks to be stable as anything. Who cares what it looks like if it crosses the line first - there's no points for design flair. When I saw their massive front wing endplates all I could think about was that scene fron Ben-Hur of the chariots going wheel-to-wheel. 

 

I'm on the fence with Newey, he might design gorgeous curves and winglets etc but are they optimal? You'd have to consider that CFD aided designs could well be far superior to even a master analogue aerodynamicist.

 

 

Wont RBR use CFD also?

 

Are the videos on Youtube? I thought they weren't televised, or were they recorded for the media playback later?

 

Of course - I just mean that I'm not sure whether having Newey is such an advantage as what it was 20 or even 10 years ago. His preconceived notions of what good is could be a hinderance rather than a benefit.

The video snippet was on some Youtube channel that popped up last night, driver61 or peterwindsor