RB20 manifesto of aerodynamic efficiency
The retirement in Melbourne, the stumble in Miami also due to the effect of the Safety Car and now the tumble of Monaco after reversing the situation in Imola thanks to the talent of Verstappen: Red Bull has won five races out of eight at the start of 2024, an enviable record, but which clashes with last year’s dominance. The rivals have become closer, Verstappen has a zero compared to a year ago which weighs on the Drivers’ classification (where he still has a 31 point advantage over Leclerc) and, above all, the RB20 on some tracks is not the best car of the lot, on the contrary .
In Monaco, Red Bull’s difficulties were clear for all to see and the performance of Sergio Perez it is the thermometer of the RB20’s competitiveness. The Mexican was eliminated in Q2 at Imola, and even in Q1 at Monaco. Checo has collected four points in the last two races, a lower performance than Yuki Tsunoda.
Canada could also be a difficult weekend for Red Bull, Helmut Marko he is confident of seeing Verstappen again in front of Barcelona. If this is not the case, then the alarm will definitely go off in Milton Keynes: “Our car has a concept in which we focused on aerodynamic efficiency and we cannot lift it off the ground to better digest the curbs unless we lose a lot of downforce – explained Marko reached by F1-insider.com – I believe we still have an advantage over traditional circuits, if we’re not ahead in Barcelona then we’ll really have a problem. On circuits where we won’t be the most competitive we can count on the Verstappen factor, he’s in full form and makes the difference.”
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