Will Ferrari copy Red Bull too? 'Already two years behind then'
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Ted Kravitz has brought out rumours that Mercedes would like to switch to Red Bull's concept in 2024. What Ferrari will do next season is still unknown. Carlos Sainz tells Marca and others that he thinks his team would be better off focusing on itself rather than adopting the Red Bull concept.
After the first races under the regulations introduced in 2022, it was clear that Red Bull had built a strong car. Ferrari was still close at the start but weakened as the year progressed. Meanwhile, we are in an even more dominant season for Red Bull: only one race was not won.
Will Ferrari copy Red Bull?
Sainz is confident about 2024 but does not want to celebrate too soon: "I was optimistic last year, and we stumbled. However, in recent years, the only ones capable of standing up to it have been Ferrari in podiums or victories. If anyone can, it is us; I am in the best place to try."
Red Bull is currently the team that has the speed the other teams would dream of. Yet Sainz does not think it is wise to copy the Red Bull concept: "It's one thing to copy the concept, and another thing is that once you have it, who experiments more and takes it further forward. But if we are all going to go in that direction, they are two years ahead of us with this design, so I think it is best to focus on ourselves."