A "retro fin" appears on the new Red Bull RB4

During the day of collective testing which took place yesterday in Barcelona, ​​Red Bull showed off the most visually significant innovation of the 2008 season: on the new RB4 entrusted to Mark Webber, the evident "gigantism" could be seen " of the vertical fin that develops behind the airscope area.

In the example tested yesterday at the Circuit de Catalunya, this aerodynamic detail, barely visible on some other cars, even extends up to the rear wing. The most recent example of a similar solution, adopted in various single-seater designs in the 70s, dates back to 1995, when a visually comparable solution was seen in some races of the season on the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-10.

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