Listen to this article And just as we’ve seen a variety of different sidepod solutions from teams this year, it appears – from the glimpses we have been able to get – there are varied approaches to the floor too. Each team has its own interpretation on how best to extract performance within the bounds of the new regulations, albeit with each of them studying their rivals’ designs in order to try to work out the optimum solution. And with porpoising remaining such a headache, and the role the floor aero plays in this being critical, there has been some intrigue since Imola about a concept Red Bull is using on the underside of its RB18. Red Bull’s floor features an ‘ice skate’ strake – a metal strip with holes in it – which sits in the rear outer corner of the floor and appears to offer numerous performance advantages. Red Bull Racing RB18 floor deta …

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