Red Bull 2013

This is the launch Formula 1 has been waiting for. What sort of speed machine has Adrian Newey and his merry men designed and built this year? The Red Bull livery is already part of Formula 1 folklore, and you just know that the blue and red colours are now part of history. So looking at the car evokes a similar sort of reaction to what you would experience if you pre-2008 Ferraris. The feeling of domination. For 2013, the already iconic red and blue colours are now mixed with a snazzy purple courtesy of their new title sponsor, Infinity. It looks simply fantastic and now definitely looks very different from a Torro Rosso.

Now the important technical bit.
Adrian Newey has evolved the 2012 car due to the stable regulations, and therefore it looks a lot like the 2012 model. The step nose is retained, although they have inserted a tiny vanity panel to smoothen the airflow, I suspect. He also hinted that the passive Double DRS system would be on the list of updates that would lavished on the 2013 car this year, although he did doubt their ability to give a massive laptime advantage, and eventually their ability to get points. The problem with the passive DRS is that it works like a loosely connected switch. The passive DRS system, also called 'The Device' by Lotus, is designed to stall the rear wing on the straights by activating an aero ‘switch’ when a certain speed is hit. This diverts the airflow and stalls the rear wing, cutting drag. The problem is ensuring that the switch activates and de-activates at the same speed, something that has proved tricky to achieve.