Rakeangle
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 tofeel 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.
Narrower nose• They moved the rear lower wishbone behind the trackrod to strengthen the machine when at low speeds.
Reoriented rear suspension
• The sidepod’s contours slope downwards more sharply in a bid to gain rear downforce.
Moreaggressivesidepods
• The cape under the nose is smaller and starts further back to address low-speed handling issues experienced last season.
Cape
Noserear downforce.
Trackrod
Rear lowerwishbone
New RB16B car
THE LINE-UP
YukiTsunoda, 20
Pierre Gasly, 25
22 10
ALPHATAURIALPHATAURI
Lance Stroll, 22
18
ASTON MARTIN
Sebastian Vettel, 33
5
ASTON MARTIN
Mick Schumacher, 22
47
NikitaMazepin, 22
9
HAAS
NicholasLati�, 25
6
GeorgeRussell, 23
63
WILLIAMSWILLIAMS
EstebanOcon, 24
FernandoAlonso, 39
14 31
ALPINE
KimiRaikkonen, 41
AntonioGiovinazzi, 27
7 99
ALFA ROMEOALFA ROMEO
CarlosSainz, 26
Charles Leclerc, 23
16 55
FERRARIFERRARI
LewisHamilton, 36
ValtteriBottas, 31
44 77
MERCEDESMERCEDES
Sergio Perez, 31
11
MaxVerstappen, 23
33
RED BULLRED BULL
Lando Norris, 21
4
MCLAREN
Daniel Ricciardo, 31
3
MCLAREN
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 1918 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 27THE RACES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hungary
Budapest - Aug 1
11Barcelona - May 9
*To be con�rmed
PHOTOS: RED BULL RACING, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, TWITTER/AMNAHAYAD4 STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS
