https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/for ... on-martin/Red Bull is good everywhere. In all curves, on the straights, on a lap, over the distance. The efficiency masters go full throttle. It is said that Red Bull wants to add new parts for the first time in the third race of the season (Australia). For the GP Azerbaijan at the end of April there will be the first major upgrade. It affects the sub-floor. As you can hear, Red Bull is hoping for a significant step.
This paints a pretty grim picture for the others. Verstappen managing a lot more than anyone else in the first stint, and pulls away at a canter.
.Red Bull: F1 advantage will "melt away" as wind tunnel penalty bites
Red Bull thinks the edge it has in Formula 1 will "melt away" over the season as the impact of its 2023 wind tunnel penalty bites.
In an interview on the YouTube channel of Autosport’s sister publication Formel1.de, Marko said Red Bull was far from relaxed despite looking comfortable in front right now.
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says that as the season rolls on, the advantage its rivals have in being able to develop more will help them close the gap.
Marko: “At the moment, we've managed to do all that. But, of course, as the season progresses and we run out of wind tunnel time, the others will still have that available and our lead will then melt away.
“That's why it's extremely important that we take the points with us now.”
Two different things.johnny vee wrote: ↑14 Mar 2023, 13:34So as we all know Redbull only has 60% 63% of allowed wind tunnel time right but I was told by a friend that wind tunnel times work from june or july to following year june/ july. Is this true?
Thanks for all the great insight here by the way!
Make of this what you will, from Wouterf1 @AS Forum.An hour ago, an RBR insider wrote the following:
There is not that much to report. Those gearbox problems in the last race were bigger than people want to let on. Power had to be cut back considerably.
There is now a solution to that. Let's see if that is indeed THE solution under race conditions.
One update in the pipeline is worth 2.5 tenths in the simulator and another even 3 tenths ( and a bit).
Together with the over 4 tenths of reduced power, that does indicate the huge task the competitors have.
Don't know about the updates, but there was a potentially a big issue with both gearboxes at the last race. Electronics issue caused downshifting issues that could have caused severe damage to the gearbox itself. PU had to be dialed back to mitigate potential damage plus drivers forced to lift before downshifts. A software patch should solve the issue.AR3-GP wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 16:14Make of this what you will, from Wouterf1 @AS Forum.An hour ago, an RBR insider wrote the following:
There is not that much to report. Those gearbox problems in the last race were bigger than people want to let on. Power had to be cut back considerably.
There is now a solution to that. Let's see if that is indeed THE solution under race conditions.
One update in the pipeline is worth 2.5 tenths in the simulator and another even 3 tenths ( and a bit).
Together with the over 4 tenths of reduced power, that does indicate the huge task the competitors have.
.Wazari wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 16:48.AR3-GP wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 16:14Make of this what you will, from Wouterf1 @AS Forum.An hour ago, an RBR insider wrote the following:
There is not that much to report. Those gearbox problems in the last race were bigger than people want to let on. Power had to be cut back considerably.
There is now a solution to that. Let's see if that is indeed THE solution under race conditions.
One update in the pipeline is worth 2.5 tenths in the simulator and another even 3 tenths ( and a bit).
Together with the over 4 tenths of reduced power, that does indicate the huge task the competitors have.
Don't know about the updates, but there was a potentially a big issue with both gearboxes at the last race. Electronics issue caused downshifting issues that could have caused severe damage to the gearbox itself. PU had to be dialed back to mitigate potential damage plus drivers forced to lift before downshifts. A software patch should solve the issue.