MIXING TRADITION AND MODERNITY
At the front, Toro Rosso has kept the conjoined wishbone design (yellow arrow), which Mercedes decided to ditch for its W08 despite coming up with the solution first in 2014.
Besides the unusually long turning vane (red arrow), one will also note the deflector placed behind the rear leg of the lower wishbone (white arrow), which brings further evidence of a neat package from head of aerodynamics Brendan Gilhome and his team.
Red Bull’s junior outfit has also stuck to the blown wheel hub concept, like its parent team, but also Ferrari, Force India, and Haas.
The roll-hoop air intake remains divided into three duct. The central one sends cooling air to the engine, while the other two are for the energy recovery systems (ERS). It remains to be seen however whether the oil radiators are still installed around the engine instead of featuring in the sidepods, which is a more conventional setup.
At the back, the lower wishbone has also retained the ‘Y’-shaped design used since 2014 (blue arrow). Not far away from the suspensions, the floor presents a unique design ahead of the rear wheels as it bends slightly upwards with two notches, the last of which forms a right angle and is topped by a longitudinal deflector (orange arrow).
