2024 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[Sieper]

Yep, I think they learned something during the sprint and this will really help going forward. Same as last year Baku.

[venkyhere]

One of the few weekends each year where the car is absolutely alive
Max

"I felt amazing. All weekend I think we were incredibly quick. It's just enjoyable to drive every single compound, the restarts I think we all survived that well.

The car was basically on rails, and I could do whatever I wanted to with it. Those kinds of weekends are of course amazing to feel and to achieve what we did this weekend is fantastic.”

Now I get to say "I told you so" (read below)
cue the music....

I wonder if the sprint weekend will be a challenge for Red Bull. Even this weekend they didn't get their setup right till after FP3.

This year there is no parc ferme after the Sprint, so they can change setup before the GP.

I reckon this is a blessing in disguise. They get a good read on quali setup from sprint qualifying AND they get a good read on race setup from the sprint. And work out an 'eventual setup' somewhere in between both of them. My guess is that something 'actual' like this provides more accurate info (fuel corrected of course) than FP2 & FP3. Which might prove to be the ideal thing for a 'relatively unknown' track like China.

[Silent Storm]

Red Bull's pitstops in Japan and China...

Japan - 2.1s, 2.1s, 2.1s, 2.0s
China - 2.1s, 2.0s, 1.9s, 2.0s

Other teams have a long way to go to take the fight to Redbull. A fast car isn't enough to beat this team throughout the year.

[f1isgood]

One of the few weekends each year where the car is absolutely alive
Max

"I felt amazing. All weekend I think we were incredibly quick. It's just enjoyable to drive every single compound, the restarts I think we all survived that well.

The car was basically on rails, and I could do whatever I wanted to with it. Those kinds of weekends are of course amazing to feel and to achieve what we did this weekend is fantastic.”

Like Hungary 2023? Somehow feels like he has these weekends when Hamilton outqualifies him (at least in the sprint)

[organic]

1.90s. Fastest RB stop since TD022 in 2021. Still 0.1s slower than the McLaren fastest pitstop ever but the consistency is crazy

[chrisc90]

Since China 2019, Max has won 50% of all the races. The rest shared by everyone else on the grid. Epic stat.

[organic]

Since China 2019, Max has won 50% of all the races. The rest shared by everyone else on the grid. Epic stat.

He's also on six consecutive pole positions (starting with Abu Dhabi '23) so can break the consecutive poles record @ Monaco provided the next two go well

[chrisc90]

Since China 2019, Max has won 50% of all the races. The rest shared by everyone else on the grid. Epic stat.

He's also on six consecutive pole positions (starting with Abu Dhabi '23) so can break the consecutive poles record @ Monaco provided the next two go well

Might be a tough one, especially given Monaco.

A list of the consecutive poles:

https://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques ... utive.aspx

A full clean sweep of wins for a season would be just perfect.

[Joel709]

Feel like this car and the upgrade in Japan has made the car more suitable to the likes of Monaco over the RB19, the only question I have is how it’ll be affected by mega bumpy surfaces.

[organic]

It should be fine on the bumps imo. Bahrain is extremely bumpy and Max said its ability on the bumps is a big step forward after that weekend iirc. Anyway he got pole in the rb19 at Monaco and the rb20 is a low speed monster so for me it seems doable

[chrisc90]

Is kerbs any different to the bumps though?

[organic]

Is kerbs any different to the bumps though?

Of course! Riding kerbs and riding bumps are two different characteristics I would say. Usually go hand in hand but not always. For instance the W13 could not do bumps but it could do kerbs

[Sieper]

It should be fine on the bumps imo. Bahrain is extremely bumpy and Max said its ability on the bumps is a big step forward after that weekend iirc. Anyway he got pole in the rb19 at Monaco and the rb20 is a low speed monster so for me it seems doable

More than last year, I think so too, but it is Monaco. All can go wrong in an eye blink there. Also, shenanigans.

[Sergej]

Monaco pole is very much on the table I think: RB20 is much better in the lower speed stuff, plus the biggest threat there is Leclerc which drives a dog in qualy this year (barring a miracoulus upgrade in Imola), maybe Alonso can have a shot.

[chrisc90]

Monaco pole is very much on the table I think: RB20 is much better in the lower speed stuff, plus the biggest threat there is Leclerc which drives a dog in qualy this year (barring a miracoulus upgrade in Imola), maybe Alonso can have a shot.

Alonso was up there in 2023. If it wasn’t for a epic last sector from Max, Alonso would have took 2023 pole.