2024 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

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“We had an aspect of the car which allowed us to rebalance the car, [from track to track],” Wache explains. “We benefitted from this for two years. But now the others have introduced this front wing deflection to allow them to balance the car and in that aspect they are now in front of us.

“To be able to rebalance the car without this you need some movement in the suspension and the softer you are the better that is, which is good to allow you to tune the balance but maybe not for downforce. The front wing deflection of our rivals allowed them to rebalance their car but retain a much stiffer suspension.”

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Yea adds up. Nobody else was able to be competitive with red bull at tracks like spa, china and Suzuka in 2022-23 and early 2024 because of their large range of corner types. Once others had a tool to balance the car across a range of corner types that race pace advantage disappeared at those types of circuits immediately: the car was actually performing better at stop/go tracks (Canada, Austria) with small range of corner types than at proper race tracks which previously had been its strong suit. I think Barcelona quali followed by Austria quali was when that felt most apparent

[CHT]

Is it true that Max is the only F1 driver who have won the WDC with a team that finished 3rd in constructor?

[Paa]

Is it true that Max is the only F1 driver who have won the WDC with a team that finished 3rd in constructor?

Nope.
His father-in-law also did it in '83.

[Wouter]

Helmut Marko today in Speedweek (German). Translated by DeepL:

The excitement continues

I'm sure that we can expect a close battle at the top next year. That's normal in the last year of a regulation period. The field moves closer together. Because it is customary in Formula 1 to copy the successful concepts. And the longer the regulations remain stable, the more similar the cars become. This automatically increases the power density.

We will give it our all again next year. There will be some changes in the team, because there have been some departures. But we have a broad base and I believe that our team is capable of providing Max with a car in which he can fight for the world championship again. And we know what needs to be done. This car needs a wider working window so that it doesn't immediately lose its balance in the event of slight temperature fluctuations or minor technical changes.

That's exactly what our engineers are working on. After all, 40 points of downforce is good, but four tenths on the stop line is what interests me and the driver. The driving behaviour must be predictable for the driver so that he can build up the necessary confidence.

And as we have the fastest and best driver in the field in Max, it is also obvious that we should cater to his preferences when it comes to the car's handling characteristics during development. I am sure that as long as we provide him with a competitive car, he will stay with Red Bull Racing.

We will be announcing news on the driver pairing for next year in the next few days. There's a lot of speculation about this, including rumours about possible transfer fees, which are complete nonsense.

Strong young talent

Yuki Tsunoda was allowed out on track in the RB20 during post-season testing and the team was happy with his technical feedback. In this respect, he is far better than he is rumoured to be. He is just one of many talents we have in our ranks. We are also very well positioned in the junior classes. In Nikola Tsolov, for example, we have a title contender in Formula 3, and we are also strongly represented in the new Eurocup. In addition, we are also sending promising talent onto the track in the English Formula 4 with the Hitech GP Team.

We can also expect a lot from the youngsters in Formula 1. It is pleasing that after a long period in which there were hardly any changes, several promising rookies can show what they are made of. Next year we have Gabriel Bortoleto in the field, who has won Formula 2, and Oliver Bearman and Kimi Antonelli are also moving up. And if we were to field a junior at Racing Bulls, that would mean four newcomers in the field, so we could already talk about a generational change.

[CjC]

Helmut Marko today in Speedweek (German). Translated by DeepL:

The excitement continues

I'm sure that we can expect a close battle at the top next year. That's normal in the last year of a regulation period. The field moves closer together. Because it is customary in Formula 1 to copy the successful concepts. And the longer the regulations remain stable, the more similar the cars become. This automatically increases the power density.

We will give it our all again next year. There will be some changes in the team, because there have been some departures. But we have a broad base and I believe that our team is capable of providing Max with a car in which he can fight for the world championship again. And we know what needs to be done. This car needs a wider working window so that it doesn't immediately lose its balance in the event of slight temperature fluctuations or minor technical changes.

That's exactly what our engineers are working on. After all, 40 points of downforce is good, but four tenths on the stop line is what interests me and the driver. The driving behaviour must be predictable for the driver so that he can build up the necessary confidence.

And as we have the fastest and best driver in the field in Max, it is also obvious that we should cater to his preferences when it comes to the car's handling characteristics during development. I am sure that as long as we provide him with a competitive car, he will stay with Red Bull Racing.

We will be announcing news on the driver pairing for next year in the next few days. There's a lot of speculation about this, including rumours about possible transfer fees, which are complete nonsense.

Strong young talent

Yuki Tsunoda was allowed out on track in the RB20 during post-season testing and the team was happy with his technical feedback. In this respect, he is far better than he is rumoured to be. He is just one of many talents we have in our ranks. We are also very well positioned in the junior classes. In Nikola Tsolov, for example, we have a title contender in Formula 3, and we are also strongly represented in the new Eurocup. In addition, we are also sending promising talent onto the track in the English Formula 4 with the Hitech GP Team.

We can also expect a lot from the youngsters in Formula 1. It is pleasing that after a long period in which there were hardly any changes, several promising rookies can show what they are made of. Next year we have Gabriel Bortoleto in the field, who has won Formula 2, and Oliver Bearman and Kimi Antonelli are also moving up. And if we were to field a junior at Racing Bulls, that would mean four newcomers in the field, so we could already talk about a generational change.

Interesting that he said the balance was lost with ‘minor technical changes’.
Can anyone shed any light/ remind me of what he might mean please?

[Wouter]

Perez
Lawson for 2025 alongside Verstappen

It will be officially announced this afternoon!

[collindsilva]

Feel for yuki, he deserved the seat...

[Emag]

I don't understand why they completely disregard Yuki like this. He beat every single teammate they put against him as a candidate for the RedBull seat.

[chrisc90]

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Quite fitting

[Wouter]

Just another stupid decision. Yuki deserves the seat and rookie Liam isn't ready yet for a top team.

Maybe they choose to keep Yuki at VCARB because Hadjar will be there and Hadjar and Liam is a bad combination with both less experience.

[lio007]

Just another stupid decision. Yuki deserves the seat and rookie Liam isn't ready yet for a top team.

Maybe they choose to keep Yuki at VCARB because Hadjar will be there and Hadjar and Liam is a bad combination with both less experience.

I think that's the case! With Lawson and Hadjar it would be another difficult year for Racing Bulls. And with Yuki they have a known factor in the team.
That's why I wouldn't call that a "stupid decision".

From a marketing point of view, both, Liam and Yuki, are not outstandig.

[Big Tea]

Just another stupid decision. Yuki deserves the seat and rookie Liam isn't ready yet for a top team.

Maybe they choose to keep Yuki at VCARB because Hadjar will be there and Hadjar and Liam is a bad combination with both less experience.

Could it be anything to do with manager, or management team?

[Rikhart]

I don't understand why they completely disregard Yuki like this. He beat every single teammate they put against him as a candidate for the RedBull seat.

The first problem was completely disregarding Sainz. Now they choose the less prepared of their sister team drivers.

Hey, at least it's not another year of Perez, I guess

[F1NAC]

Lawson will get wrecked hard by Max next year. Another rookie thrown into meatgrinder. Yuki would probably also got beaten but at this time, how much time he has in Vcarb? Can't drive it forever?

[Sevach]

Just another stupid decision. Yuki deserves the seat and rookie Liam isn't ready yet for a top team.

Maybe they choose to keep Yuki at VCARB because Hadjar will be there and Hadjar and Liam is a bad combination with both less experience.

In the old days they didn't have much issue with rookie pairings in the junior team, heck Sainz and Verstappen was a rookie pairing back in 2015.

I also don't think it would be huge problem because Lawson despite not doing a full season has already shown himself to be at least adequate, so he could play the yardstick role.

If Hadjar were to beat him, it would be pretty impressive, imo about the same level of achievement that if he manages to beat Yuki next year.