In the past F1 Singapore GP, the FIA issued a new technical directive due to suspicions that some teams may be breaking the regulations with flexible front and rear wings to have stronger downforce and better cornering performance. And surprisingly, after winning all 14 races this year in a row, for the first time, in the same Singapore GP, Red Bull lost. For the first time in 15 events, he did not win a Red Bull. The layout of Marina Bay is very unusual and the poor performance of the Milton Keynes car may be due to the characteristics of the track. But like he said Lewis Hamilton this ThursdayJapan will be key to see if Red Bull has really lost aerodynamic performance since the regulation change.
The fact that the release of the new regulations coincided with the first GP that did not win red bull generated speculation. Is there a relationship between the two things? Christian Horner, head of Red Bull, denied that this technical directive affected them, clarifying that his team competed in everything in order before said change. In that sense, Red Bull can prove its innocence to everyone with a good performance in Japan, returning to its previous level again after its bad weekend in Singapore. That’s what he talked about Lewis Hamilton ahead of the 2023 F1 Japanese GP.
“I have no idea what will happen with Red Bull, but I think if they are not 30 seconds ahead like in the past, something will happen,” declared forcefully.
“Obviously Singapore was a tough weekend for them, but that car should be fantastic here. They’ve been phenomenal all year. They have been superior on almost every track and it will be great to see the car in general. You usually come here and it must be great to see the laps they do because the whole team and drivers are doing an incredible job with the package they have. “It will be interesting to see how the weekend goes.”commented Lewis Hamilton, 7-time world champion, who has not won since the 2021 Saudi Arabia GP.
Aspiration to Japanese GP
“I hope we can be closer and I hope they are not as fast as the 30-second gap they had in the past,” Hamilton argued because of Mercedes’ growth in the second part of this course. Of course, he doesn’t believe his car is as competitive as it was in Singapore, where he fought for victory against Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), Norris (McLaren) and his teammate Russell, who crashed into the wall on the last lap.
“Carlos is leading up front and I think we’re all pretty close, I would say. But it was a great race, with all of us very close to the front… This weekend I didn’t expect us to have a performance in the last race, but we worked hard. We’re still trying to push the limits we have, so I hope we’ll be okay. Not far this weekend”he finished.
Source: La Verdad
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