Red Bull's RB10 blows its nose

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Arguably the most anticipated of the 2014 cars, Adrian Newey's RB10 broke cover this morning in Jerez.

While, understandably, Red Bull was a bit cagey with the details and the car seems evolutionary rather than revolutionary, the nose is different from all other competitors.

Newey met the new low nose regulations but managed to keep the high nose profile with what could be described a keel nose (all that talk about him going off to design America's Cup boats had an effect?).

Behind this keel there are what appear to be vents, possibly leading to the exhaust slot on the top of the nose.   A solution related to one seen on Ferrari in years past later "clarified" by the FIA.

Has Newey done it again?  time will tell.

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Sauber c33 vs Toro Rosso STR 9

2014 Sauber c33

Sauber-Ferrari c33

2014 Lotus E22 and Mclaren MP4-29 explained.

At least a preliminary look with Peter Windsor and Craig Scarborough.  

About now everyone should be tired of genitals / monkey nose memes and curious about what is going on.  
Are Lotus being too clever for their own good wight that asymmetrical split nose?  Did Mclaren get it right this time.   Windsor and Scarbs discuss.

One thing I'm surprised Scarbs left out is a mention of the winglets created on the rear pull rod suspension/brake ducts area of the MP4-29.

Williams first to give F1 the finger with the FW36

The Williams FW36 looks normal from the side...

The dreaded "finger nose", long predicted as being the most obvious solution to comply with 2014 nose height regs while maximizing flow to the bottom of the car, here it is.

not crazy about this "virtual" reveal trend this year, but I suppose its a way for the smaller teams to make a bit of a splash ahead if the pack.

Williams Chief Technical Officer Pat Symonds:

"The launch-spec aerodynamic package that you see here was finalised in the first week of December, with an upgrade package for Melbourne’s season-opener signed off in early January.
“F1 is still going to be an aerodynamic formula in 2014,”

“There are some significant changes: the nose is lower than last year and the front wing is narrower, which means the end plates are now more shrouded by the front tyre. The rear wing isn’t as deep as last year and the beam wing below it is no longer permitted, and we’ve also lost the ability to use the exhaust to enhance aero performance.”


“I’m confident that we’ll be closer to the front aerodynamically than we were last year,” says Symonds. “Our ambition for the year ahead is to have a strong 2014 season.”

Well, certainly, without Pastor, there will be less finger noses to make.

The Force India VJM07 is the first 2014 F1 car to break cover

Sort of,  obviously a rendering so don't expect this to be the final configuration but this is the new look for the Indian team.  More black and the addition of Mexican sponsors brought by Checo Perez.

The nose is not clearly visible but looks fairly traditional (and attractive) in this "launch" guise.

Ferrari wants your help naming the next F1 car.

before you get too excited: exif says it's the F2001....

One could argue they need it:  Ferrari is giving fans a choice among five pre-approved selections:

F14 T
F14 Maranello
F14 Scuderia
F166 Turbo
F616

While all sound very serious and more or less in line with past naming schemes, I'm sure left to their own devices, the internets could have come up with something a bit more exciting.

What would you have chosen,    Kimi's F14 Tomcat?

You can vote on Ferrari.com, on Twitter and on Facebook, up until January 24th, the day before the official reveal.