The cooling tweaks that opened the door for Red Bull’s bold F1 sidepods

While much of the focus has been on the visuals – and especially the inlet arrangement – what is actually just as fascinating are the changes made internally to allow the shift in design in the first place.

If Red Bull had not worked hard to alter the cooling arrangements hidden beneath the bodywork, then there would have been no scope for the designers to make such radical alterations.

In this respect, there’s been a significant change to…