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Is the RB18 Adrian Newey's best ever car?

Started by PayasYouRace , Oct 09 2022 08:37

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Poll: Is the RB18 the best Adrian Newey car? (86 member(s) have cast votes)

Yes / no?

Yes (15 votes [17.44%])
Percentage of vote: 17.44%
No (71 votes [82.56%])
Percentage of vote: 82.56%

If not, which one was?

March 85C (Indy 500 winner with Danny Sullivan) (2 votes [2.33%])
Percentage of vote: 2.33%
March 881 (overtook a McLaren-Honda in 1988) (1 votes [1.16%])
Percentage of vote: 1.16%
Williams FW14 (Mansell) (40 votes [46.51%])
Percentage of vote: 46.51%
Williams FW15 (Alain Prost won without trying) (9 votes [10.47%])
Percentage of vote: 10.47%
Williams FW18 (Hill) (4 votes [4.65%])
Percentage of vote: 4.65%
Williams FW19 (Villeneuve) (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
McLaren MP4/13 (Hakkinen's narrow car) (4 votes [4.65%])
Percentage of vote: 4.65%
McLaren MP4/20 (Kimi; kept breaking down) (1 votes [1.16%])
Percentage of vote: 1.16%
Red Bull RB6 (Vettel; kept breaking down) (1 votes [1.16%])
Percentage of vote: 1.16%
Red Bull RB7 (Vettel's second title) (5 votes [5.81%])
Percentage of vote: 5.81%
Red Bull RB9 (Vettel's fourth title, post-Pirelli freakout) (5 votes [5.81%])
Percentage of vote: 5.81%
Red Bull RB16 (post-Covid) (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
No, it really was the Red Bull RB18 (14 votes [16.28%])
Percentage of vote: 16.28%

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#51 Loosenut

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 09:10

FW14B was peak F1 for me. It had everything and it was beautiful.

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#52 pUs

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 09:15

I don't know. In terms of really making the most out of a new set of tight regulations, with not a lot of scope for pure creativeness, and coming up with a beautifully balanced race car that doesn't have any great weaknesses anywhere.. perhaps.

But it's quite often not the outright fastest car, such as the 1992 or 1993 Williams. Or the 2013 Red bull, or the 2005 Mclaren when fully developed...

Edited by pUs, 25 October 2022 - 09:15.

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#53 kumo7

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 10:45

Poll is wrong, we cannot answer simply "Yes"

Or simply No.

One of the McLaren it is.

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#54 SCUDmissile

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 13:03

Definitely the best fed with that lovely catering budget.

Hard to say best. 1992 Williams still probably.

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#55 kumo7

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 13:15

Definitely the best fed with that lovely catering budget.

Hard to say best. 1992 Williams still probably.

1992　Williams is a great car.

Head has done quite a lot tho.

Williams cars are also team work.

At McLaren all cars were made in team work. I honestly do not know why people want to associate all success to Newey personally. Sort of feel a stone age like to call them a design of one designer.

OK, He is involved in quite the numbers of successful cars, so he is the key person for sure, but I do not even know if there is yet another unsung designer, researcher are involved in.