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Oracle Red Bull Racing
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https://www.planetf1.com/news/red-bull- ... -rocquelin“I think Sebastian was a more complete driver than Max when he came to our team,” Rocquelin said on Eurosport France’s Les Fous du Volant podcast.
“On a professional, technical, mediation level… he was trained at the [Michael] Schumacher school, he was his idol. He asked a lot of questions, took a lot of notes, and when he came up with us, he was very rigorous. It’s no coincidence that he won several titles. He was better prepared technically and mentally.
“Max had maybe more natural talent, that’s what he relied on more. But Sebastian was the most complete.
“Max has always been a ‘boss’. He has great self-confidence, knows what he wants, and is very straightforward.
“But I’ll be honest: Max is technically weak compared to other drivers we have worked with. I think he still has a lot of progress to make. He is a leader in his attitude, and in his results. But I think he can improve from a technical point of view and in the way he develops the car.”
“What has struck me most is that he has somehow lost that ‘desperate hunger’ he had last year,” said Rocquelin.
“He’s gained in maturity. He’s gained in consistency. Winning the championship has given him a lot of confidence, and he’s driving differently.
“You can’t necessarily talk about a single trigger. It’s a gradual thing, there have been several stages. He started in F1 very young, with a lot of ambition and not necessarily the maturity that comes with it. And he started with Toro Rosso, which maybe had less scope and experience.
“Then those steps started when he came to Red Bull. There was more confidence in the team, a good track record, he was closer to his goal. He immediately won a race with us, which allowed him to take a step forward. He gradually won more races and developed a bond with his engineers.”
This comes from The Race but I couldn't find it there.Newey reveals weakness of RB19: 'We chose it deliberately'
Why Red Bull considers qualifying less important
"Yes, that’s just the way we’ve developed the car. We’ve tried to prioritise race performance more than qualifying.
We made that decision back in ’21 when we were designing the car, to try to prioritise the race performance over one-lap performance,"
said Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer after Red Bull's successful season.
"It was a deliberate choice and we felt that if the overtaking was going to become easier then that presumably meant
qualifying performance would be slightly lower priority than in the past and it seems to have worked out."
Ben Waterhouse on the painful experience of Singapore GP in 2023
“I think we suffered with instability, low-speed understeer and poor traction. As soon as you’re in that situation, you’re then struggling with tyre temperatures, and then any disturbance, whether it’s a gear shift, a bump... all these problems are compounded. And they are exacerbated by the fact the car’s not in the window where it needs to be.”
“We didn’t do a good enough job in being prepared and getting the car in the right window quickly enough. And then I don’t think we reacted strongly enough at the time to be able to understand the problems.
There were various reasons why we didn’t, but it’s what we’ve been through and have since debriefed in detail. So now we understand largely what happened, and I think we know what we would do differently.”
"As it stands, it is believed Ricciardo tops senior management’s list of suitable replacements"
"The Australian will need to get back to his very best this year and with many insiders feeling his AlphaTauri team will make a big step forward this year in terms of competitiveness, there’s a strong chance he’ll deliver."
.organic wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 17:48Lawrence Barretto gives update on Red Bull's 2025 seat:
"As it stands, it is believed Ricciardo tops senior management’s list of suitable replacements"
"The Australian will need to get back to his very best this year and with many insiders feeling his AlphaTauri team will make a big step forward this year in terms of competitiveness, there’s a strong chance he’ll deliver."
Yes naturally it's just an opinion piece. But the paddock talks and usually there is some idea of what the real sentiments areWouter wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 17:58.organic wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 17:48Lawrence Barretto gives update on Red Bull's 2025 seat:
"As it stands, it is believed Ricciardo tops senior management’s list of suitable replacements"
"The Australian will need to get back to his very best this year and with many insiders feeling his AlphaTauri team will make a big step forward this year in terms of competitiveness, there’s a strong chance he’ll deliver."
These are no facts, this is only what Barretto thinks.
"As it stands, it is believed Ricciardo tops senior management’s list of suitable replacements"
[That’ll give Red Bull a good kind of headache, as a 2018-spec Ricciardo might be too strong an option to turn down.]
I don't agree with him.
He didn't deliver those few races what people expected from him. He isn't the racer from 2018 anymore.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... zTmqZ.html
Most likely not higher than P5, but it is notable that alpha tauri were competing with McLaren at the end of the season at Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi after being equally poor in the beginning of the season. So their trajectory was not dissimilar, although the rb19 suspension seemed to be the huge step for AT
True but Alpha Tauri was bringing upgrades and developing very late into the year compared to everyone else. The "improvement" while real, is also inflated because the others were not bringing upgrades.organic wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 19:19Most likely not higher than P5, but it is notable that alpha tauri were competing with McLaren at the end of the season at Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi after being equally poor in the beginning of the season. So their trajectory was not dissimilar, although the rb19 suspension seemed to be the huge step for AT
For most of the season a good race for Tsunoda was P9 or P10 and the pace nowhere near the likes of even Alpine. At the end of the year that was the minimum expectation. This more competitive situation would allow Ricciardo to show off his talents better
That's true but I feel it is exaggerated. A lot of their changes were modifications of components or combining different elements together that already existed (in the floor region). AT with their in-season development had to have gained around 1s/lap which is more than many teams have gained since the start of 2022. AT are still on that very steep part of the development curve where like McLaren they suddenly understood how to find performance. Which is also part of the reason why they kept bringing parts - to reap the benefits of that rich development vein. But that doesn't mean that the steep curve won't continue into their winter developmentAR3-GP wrote: ↑07 Jan 2024, 21:54True but Alpha Tauri was bringing upgrades and developing very late into the year compared to everyone else. The "improvement" while real, is also inflated because the others were not bringing upgrades.organic wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 19:19Most likely not higher than P5, but it is notable that alpha tauri were competing with McLaren at the end of the season at Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi after being equally poor in the beginning of the season. So their trajectory was not dissimilar, although the rb19 suspension seemed to be the huge step for AT
For most of the season a good race for Tsunoda was P9 or P10 and the pace nowhere near the likes of even Alpine. At the end of the year that was the minimum expectation. This more competitive situation would allow Ricciardo to show off his talents better
