2024 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[venkyhere]

I wasn't expecting VER to win the sprint. I hope RBR dont touch the car between now and the quali.
VER drove brilliantly. To drive the opening 10 laps without DRS, on a track with 3 DRS zones, with just 10 corners, with two McLarens behind gaining 0.3-0.4 every lap on straights means he had to 'create the gap that he would lose to DRS zones' through the quick direction change high speed turns 6-7-8-9. Which he did. What I found most skillful was how he reacted to NOR divebomb fail. There was a moment he had to literally stop moving by braking 'extra' in the middle of the corner, inorder to not hit the tail of NOR because he too braked abruptly. It was not an over-under move, NOR guarded against over-under and placed his car in the middle of the corner. Still, from 3 to 4 VER drove in the slipstream and pounced on the door left open by NOR at 4. It was clean racing, but it was also a skill show. VER is battle hardened with one-on-ones. Six more months of this top two dogfight, and NOR will hone his racecraft and become a complete WDC material.

[AR3-GP]

In Verstappen we trust.

[Vanja #66]

RB20 unleashed

[organic]

Rocketship is back indeed. Interestingly a RB mechanic did post yesterday on social media about finding a something to balance the car

[maygun]

Putting 1s on Perez on shortest track, I don't if Perez is that bad, or Max is putting another boss performance today.

[organic]

He's always liked Austria. I'd also say that the car balance suited Max this weekend when it usually doesn't.

[KimiRai]

lol. On to Silverstone

Not dooming anymore are you

[Sergej]

great weekend so far, car is very good

let's see tomorrow, McLaren can't play with strategy with Piastri penalized

[Sergej]

Rocketship is back indeed. Interestingly a RB mechanic did post yesterday on social media about finding a something to balance the car

wow that's interesting, would love to know what it is, maybe some breakthrough like they had during Baku 2023 ?

[AR3-GP]

Jesus, has there been a breakthrough?

[IntrinsicVoid]

Jesus, has there been a breakthrough?

Maybe one that you’re bit underselling the car from time to time

[Luscion]

Perez being almost 1sec slower than Max in the same car is crazy, seems like both cars should have wiped the floor with the others in quali

[Sergej]

car was a monster in the high speed stuff, Jeez ! what did they find ?

[Paa]

car was a monster in the high speed stuff, Jeez ! what did they find ?

Maybe that's the disadvantage of the flexiwing that the others are (allegedly) using.
These corners could be that fast that wing is already flexing reducing drag and df on the high-speed stuff?

[Vettel165]

car was a monster in the high speed stuff, Jeez ! what did they find ?

Maybe some Newey magic. But their car even before the season started was amazing in medium-high speed corners. But had problems in low-speed traction areas and over the kerbs. Also maybe by now they are slowly getting to know their whole new car concept in which they build from 2023 to 2024. Looks quite ok for us, for now.

Max with a perfect lap.