Red Bull bring upgraded floor to Baku to address RB20's decline

A major updated part brought to F1 Azerbaijan 𝓰Grand Prix, writes Lewis Larkam in Baku

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Red Bull have brought a revised floor body to the F1 Azerbaijan Grand 🥂Prix in an attempt to revitali🌺se their RB20.

wuqian0821.com are in the Baku paddock to get a clo♔se-up glimpse of the Red Bull.

They describe the update: "F♔loor tunnel geometry subtly re✅vised by locally raising or lowering the surfaces.

"Changes applied to improve the pressure gradients along the floor to ꦺimprove the flow locally and downst🀅ream in all conditions."

Max Verstappen an𓆏d co left Monza s𓃲cratching their heads at their once-dominant machine.

Red Bull admitted, after a drab Italian GP, t✤hat they didn't know the answer to their car's under-performance.

But a fortnight on, a solitary key upgrade has been brought to Baku in the hope that it solves Verstappen's complain𝔉t that th♚e RB20 has become "a monster".

Mer🎃ce🐈des, separately, have their own floor conundrum.

They🐟 have not brought new parts to Baku but are wrestling with whether to stick t🔯o the floor upgrade they have used since Spa.

Lewis Hamilton insist🐲ed his gut feeling was that the updated floor was causing Mercedes🦹' lack of pace, ending a streak of three victories at four grands prix.

Only three F1 teams have brought updates to Baku.

As well as Red Bull, t𒈔heir sister team♋ RB have a solitary addition.

RB describe an update front wing: ✨"Reduced camber flap compared to previous low balance components.

"This less cambered front flap reduces the amount of overall load generated by the f🦄ront wing assembly, to efficiently balance the car at circuits which are both low-drag and low-balance."

Aston Martin describe their updated rear corner: "The trim to the bottom edge of the lower deflector has been revised🅠.

"The r🌄evised lower deflector bottom edge geometry modifies the local flowfield around the rear part of the floor improving its performance."

 

 

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