The RB19 can rightly be called the most successful car Red Bull Racing ever built. Except for one Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez's team managed to win everything this year. Expectations for 2024 are therefore high. Paul Monaghan, Red Bull's chief engineer, is busy working on the RB20, and can already reveal that it will be an evolution of the current success car.
To Motorsport.com, Monaghan reveals that it would be very unwise to go for a radical new design, especially as the competition seems to be getting closer. Indeed, a complete turnaround would mean a lot of uncertain factors, and it remains to be seen whether a new design actually works. "That would be wrong," he says.
Red Bull in the wind tunnel more often
"But equally, we've got to make some progress. We've got to find some lap time. The opposition is on us and if they do a step, then we'd better have a bigger step," said the Austrian team's chief engineer.
Red Bull Racing has now been freed from the penalty for exceeding the budget cap. As a result, the team is allowed to use the wind tunnel more often again. According to Monaghan, the wind tunnel is mainly about fine-tuning.
I seriously wonder if this 'evolution' will be that much of a difference as so many teams have discussed how these cars can only to a certain point and from there on they are going to be at their max. Horner has spoken about the curve so going to be interesting to see how it does, lets hope McLaren have some upgrades in their pipeline as we seriously need some action in 2024 and so far McLaren seem like the guys to take it to RB.
Yeah, they will hit that performance ceiling at some point, and finetuning can still make a lot of difference, but yeah, the competition will be getting closer eventually. I am just curious about that new invention they spoke of before, or maybe i am only remembering the catchy article title and forgot what it really was about.
Nah I remember that article and I am also wondering, I am still guessing it will be a very small visual change, but maybe I am wrong always enjoy seeing more innovation being used and them trying these weird concepts.
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