After Haas first and Red Bull later showed in their presentations for Formula 1 2022 cars that will have little to do with the one that goes out on the track in the tests, Aston Martin promised to show his real car.
That raised anticipation for the AMR22 unveiling this Thursday, and while after the veil was lifted and the car quickly seen it was clear that at least several new and ‘real’ concepts were being shown, a buzz emerged on social media after Aston Martin posted studio photos.
Some clever follower pointed to the photo of the upper shot, where an asymmetry in the front suspension was appreciated, and immediately the criticism and messages began to arrive expressing disappointment at having been, again, deceived.
However, far from a ‘trolling’ of the British team, this rarity in the new car was due to an error when generating those studio images. In other words, Aston Martin fulfilled its promise to show the real car live, the one that Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll will drive this Friday at Silverstone and the one that was at the Gaydon facilities and the cameras showed.
In the studio photos, when creating the model for those images, there was an error when adding the part in question, the original suspension, to one of the sides. To design the 3D model, the image of one of the halves is often duplicated, and when recreating the one on the right side (as you look at the car from the front) a part was missing.
Thus, Aston Martin has decided on the push-rod concept (with push rod) of front suspension as revealed by the photos of the car that was on stage at the presentation.
(Click on the image or here to see all the photos of the Aston Martin AMR22)
The suspension philosophy is one of the great intrigues of the new generation of cars, since it is expected that the grid will be divided between that idea that Aston Martin has chosen and the pull-rod (traction bar) that he put back Red Bull fashion in 2009.
As for what was published, Aston Martin left some details visible in the video in which they explain how they adapted to the new regulations. Something that is appreciated considering that it seems that most teams will opt for mockups and renders to not show any cards, which has caused the debate of whether these presentations make sense or if a joint presentation of the cards would be more productive (and faithful). all the teams showing off their new cars at the same time, with no room for ‘copycats’.
