TECH TUESDAY: Analysing Red Bull's significant bodywork upgrade brought to Hungary

Technical ContributorsMark Hughes and Giorgio Piola

Red Bull’s second significant bodywork upgrade of the season appeared at the Hungaroring and it was based around a new radiator inlet shape which rearranged the aerodynamics around the whole upper bodywork.

The update was reported to be worth around 0.2s in simulation but this was the first time since Baku that a Red Bull had not sat on pole – though Verstappen missed it by only 0.003s.

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TECH TUESDAY: Analysing Red Bull's significant bodywork upgrade brought to Hungary

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