red bull crushed in 2023 with Max Verstappen. The energy drink team won all but one of the year’s races (21 out of 22), with Max winning a whopping 19 Grand Prix, an absolute record in F1 history.
The Milton Keynes team was able to do this because the base car concept on which the team interpreted the new regulations implemented in 2022 had more room for improvement. The team started behind Ferrari at the start of last year, but as they developed the car, they moved ahead. Those from energy drinks were so good that they even managed to dominate this course with an iron fist with a huge limit on the times allowed to use the wind tunnel and simulation. CFDs to build your car. And despite this, they had a crush. And now, Horner thrown in FIA Gala a strong warning for the coming year. His car, which dominates the championship, still has room for improvement: “The RB19 will develop in all aspects to become the stronger RB20”.
Furthermore, the Red Bull’s Team Principal recalls on ‘Sky Sports’ that he RB19 was able to crush its opponents with parts already used in the 2022 RB18: “Most of the success was carried over from the RB18: part of the chassis, most of the suspension and the gearbox are the same. So 60% of the car also ran last year (2022). Some parts won more than 30 races”said.
It should be noted that due to the limited development hours the team has due to regulations and a penalty, Red Bull has not improved its car since the summer to focus on next year’s car. He won comfortably until the end of the year despite the fact that his rivals tried to improve their cars until the last stage of the season.
Equipment such as McLaren or Mercedes They approached, but they did not reach. Only Sainz can beat Verstappen on a very specific track like Singapore. In that sense, Horner considers that the fact that there will be no regulatory changes in 2024 will mean that all teams will be equal every time, a thought that serves as motivation for him to continue exploring new ideas and improving his car: “With stable regulations, we know that the grid will converge. We have seen it at different times last year. So we have to improve and continue to evolve”which was revealed in the statements published by ‘motorsport.com’.
“I think every aspect of the RB19 is being studied to evolve towards the RB20 and hopefully make it even stronger, because I’m sure that’s what our competitors will be looking for,” added Horner.
For his part, Jake Dennis, team tester, speaking to ‘Autosport’, referred to the good feelings that the RB20 gave him in the simulator. “RB19 is crazy. And the RB20 should be very good because I can confirm that it is fine in the simulator, so it should be a good year,” he said of the 2024 car.
Verstappen, convinced that it can be improved
For his part, Max Verstappen, three-time F1 World Champion and current king of the ‘Great Circus’, made it clear that his car, despite dominating with enormous force, can continue to improve.
“There are always things we can improve. We know the car has been very, very dominant, but we also found some weaknesses in the car where I think we can do better. And that’s what we’re doing to next year,” argued the Dutchman. .
“Honestly, of course, we can’t do better than what we achieved in 2023, but I think it’s not always about trying to win 20 races. It’s also about finding improvements in your himself and the car. And if that. It means that next year we have improved the car and we can fight for the championship again, but if you only win 10 races, nothing will happen,” argued Max.
Horner had warned months ago
In the final races of the 2023 season, Christian Horner already gave the first strong warning to the other teams, reminding that his car has not evolved since the summer because his focus is on creating the 2024 car .
“The opposition continues to move behind us. And of course you have to remember that since the summer holidays, we have added very little, if any, performance to the car. With the wind tunnel restrictions that have We (for its penalty for exceeding the 2021 budget ceiling), chose to use the time on the RB20 in the next year’s car (2024), instead of continuing development on the RB19,” he argued at the end of October.
Source: La Verdad
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