2024 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[Paa]

Praying for a poor Norris start tomorrow...

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Result doesn't really matter. Car isn't bad anymore so the results aren't a foregone conclusion and things are back into Max's hands

I would wait a bit before jumping on these conclusions, it's true that IF the pace seen yesterday is confirmed today AND in the next races then we don't need anymore to deep analyze every result and ipothesis

but that's a big if, for the moment we know that McLaren is beatable this weekend and it would be vital that Max can grab this opportunity now that it is available, to put into perspective if he manages to outscore Lando this evening, then he can settle for third place every race/sprint and win the title, that would a big blow to Lando's title hopes

so I think that results are still quite important, at least for the time being; we also must don't forget that Max may be due another engine penalty in the next races.

As long as Max has a competitive car, he won't lose 50 points in 6 races, regardless of any random stuff or engine penalty.
So not that actual result doesn't matter, but confirmation of solid car is way more important. Then the rest will come naturally.

Random events and stuff like that matter more if Red Bull are suffering, because then you kind of have to rely on those. As things are not in your control.
Establishing whether things are in his own hand is the most important thing from this weekend.

[Wouter]

Lawson putting on a good show so far

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Lawson did great!! And for the first time in a new car on a new circuit. He never drove here before! This was after Q1:
I can assume why Honda wants let Yuki do a test in the RB20. Liam did a test a while ago. So they can compare the two.

[Sergej]

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Result doesn't really matter. Car isn't bad anymore so the results aren't a foregone conclusion and things are back into Max's hands

I would wait a bit before jumping on these conclusions, it's true that IF the pace seen yesterday is confirmed today AND in the next races then we don't need anymore to deep analyze every result and ipothesis

but that's a big if, for the moment we know that McLaren is beatable this weekend and it would be vital that Max can grab this opportunity now that it is available, to put into perspective if he manages to outscore Lando this evening, then he can settle for third place every race/sprint and win the title, that would a big blow to Lando's title hopes

so I think that results are still quite important, at least for the time being; we also must don't forget that Max may be due another engine penalty in the next races.

As long as Max has a competitive car, he won't lose 50 points in 6 races, regardless of any random stuff or engine penalty.
So not that actual result doesn't matter, but confirmation of solid car is way more important. Then the rest will come naturally.

Random events and stuff like that matter more if Red Bull are suffering, because then you kind of have to rely on those. As things are not in your control.
Establishing whether things are in his own hand is the most important thing from this weekend.

not that I don't agree, I just point out that grabbing as many points as possible, and hopefully outscoring Lando, is still important at this stage, because even if we leave Austin with the picture in which Max has things in his control, that's not guaranteed it will be the same in the next races, given how crazy this season has been; from my side these last races will be a continuous test for Red Bull, only one race is not enough for me.

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Verstappen is happy in the car for first time in ages which is different to when the car has been reasonably competitive in previous races (eg Baku)

"It's been a long time since I felt so good in the car. To be honest, I don't even remember when that was. There are always things that can be improved, but we are certainly doing very well in the fast corners."

"The balance problems that prevented us from attacking the corners are now also a lot less. So far, this weekend shows that we have taken a very good step."

[Sergej]

"We understood a few things in Monza, which gave us a direction to work towards. That is now paying off. Everything that was planned in terms of upgrades before Monza, we could throw in the bin."

"I have been pointing out a lot of things for weeks or months, in terms of my feeling in the car and then it is up to the team to solve it. Now it all felt a lot better."

lol, that's massive ! would be quite an achievement to win this title

[TNTHead]

"We understood a few things in Monza, which gave us a direction to work towards. That is now paying off. Everything that was planned in terms of upgrades before Monza, we could throw in the bin."

"I have been pointing out a lot of things for weeks or months, in terms of my feeling in the car and then it is up to the team to solve it. Now it all felt a lot better."

lol, that's massive ! would be quite an achievement to win this title

Especially when you think of the message a while ago that at an engineering meeting around Monza Max himself pointed towards specific points in the data where the instability was apparent.

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Red bull have many reasons to be grateful for Verstappen it seems

[KimiRai]

Red bull have many reasons to be grateful for Verstappen it seems

As long as they continue to make good cars, they will keep him.

[loekf2]

Red bull have many reasons to be grateful for Verstappen it seems

As long as they continue to make good cars, they will keep him.

No, as long as they make good cars, Verstappen will stay with the team.

[Joel709]

Red bull have many reasons to be grateful for Verstappen it seems

As long as they continue to make good cars, they will keep him.

No, as long as they make good cars, Verstappen will stay with the team.

A small part of me does think he is somewhat appealed to the idea of Aston Martin, with the links back to Honda and Newey, but we will see

[Juzh]

Lec is fast, grrrr

[Sergej]

It's not looking good

[Juzh]

what a turn around from yesterday. No pace, no tyre life. meanwhile mclarens who were "bad" yesterday are now doing PB laps after 27 laps..

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what a turn around from yesterday. No pace, no tyre life. meanwhile mclarens who were "bad" yesterday are now doing PB laps after 27 laps..

I think McLaren have graining issues. In longer race they can push through graining phase and get tyres back later

[Juzh]

what a turn around from yesterday. No pace, no tyre life. meanwhile mclarens who were "bad" yesterday are now doing PB laps after 27 laps..

I think McLaren have graining issues. In longer race they can push through graining phase and get tyres back later

makes sense