Ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson has noticed a neat tweak Red Bull has made to its front wing in 2024, one that changes the way it flexes
“It’s always interesting to understand why Formula 1 teams add seemingly very small developments to their winter workloads. The new Red Bull front wing is an example of what I mean. The 2024 front wing is very similar to last year’s, with the position of the flap adjuster the main change. On paper that’s a small tweak but I believe it might be more significant than you would first assume. I have highlighted both the location of the adjuster on the 2023 and 2024 cars with the green circle and the medium-speed trailing edge profile with a red highlight. The high-speed trailing edge profile is shown by the blue highlight. The front wing design on both cars features what I would call ‘a span-wise diminishing load as it goes outboard’. The trailing edge flow is fairly uniform and Red Bull is not trying to generate much load in front of the front tyres.”
