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Rake angle High rake • The Red Bull has a high rake, with the rear of the car higher than the front, while Mercedes have a low rake. • The challengers believe their rake angle works best with the new aero regulations as it can generate more underbody downforce. Reasons to feel bullish Red Bull appear to have a fast and reliable car that can see them rival Mercedes for the constructors' title that the Austrian team last won in 2013. Here is a look at the re-engineered RB16B and the gains they hope to make. • They moved the rear lower wishbone behind the trackrod to strengthen the machine when at low speeds. • The sidepod’s contours slope downwards more sharply in a bid to gain rear downforce. • The cape under the nose is smaller and starts further back to address low-speed handling issues experienced last season. Cape Nose Trackrod Rear lower wishbone New RB16B car THE LINE-UP Yuki Tsunoda, 20 Pierre Gasly, 25 22 10 ALPHATAURI Lance Stroll, 22 18 ASTON MARTIN Sebastian Vettel, 33 5 Mick Schumacher, 22 47 Nikita Mazepin, 22 9 HAAS Nicholas Latifi, 25 6 George Russell, 23 63 WILLIAMS Esteban Ocon, 24 Fernando Alonso, 39 14 31 ALPINE Kimi Raikkonen, 41 Antonio Giovinazzi, 27 7 99 ALFA ROMEO Carlos Sainz, 26 Charles Leclerc, 23 16 55 FERRARI Lewis Hamilton, 36 Valtteri Bottas, 31 44 77 MERCEDES Sergio Perez, 31 11 Max Verstappen, 23 33 RED BULL Lando Norris, 21 4 MCLAREN Daniel Ricciardo, 31 3 Singapore Marina Bay - Oct 3 Japan Suzuka - Oct 10 USA Austin - Oct 24 Netherlands Zandvoort - Sept 5 Italy Monza - Sept 12 Russia Sochi - Sept 26 Brazil Sao Paulo - Nov 7 Australia Melbourne* - Nov 21 Belgium Spa - Aug 29 Mexico Mexico City - Oct 31 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 18 20 21 Saudi Arabia Jeddah* - Dec 5 22 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina - Dec 12 23 Bahrain Sakhir - March 28 Emilia-Romagna Imola* - April 18 Portugal Portimao - May 2 Monaco Monte Carlo - May 23 Spain Azerbaijan Baku - June 6 Canada Montreal - June 13 Austria Spielberg - July 4 Britain Silverstone - July 18 France Le Castellet - June 27 THE RACES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hungary Budapest - Aug 1 11 Barcelona - May 9 *To be confirmed PHOTOS: RED BULL RACING, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, TWITTER/AMNAHAYAD4 STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS
