Red Bull admits the RB20’s design was radically altered due to ‘fear of vulnerability’ in 2024

Red Bull has decided to make some massive changes to their 2024 car compared to RB19.

Red Bull admits the RB20’s design was radically altered due to ‘fear of vulnerability’ in 2024

Christian Horner and Adrian Newey (via IMAGO)

Red Bull’s aero-wizard Adrian Newey admitted that the fear of vulnerability had caused a radical change in the RB20 design. He disclosed the team’s choice to go with gradual enhancements in the car. RB20 which comes with a new design as compared to RB19 needs to showcase whether it can perform better than its predecessor

Newey, who has won 12 constructor’s championships with 3 different companies has a big responsibility of designing the Red Bull cars that not just win races but dominate the whole grid. The RB19 which was designed by Newey helped champion Max Verstappen to break multiple records for Red Bull. The RB20 needs to showcase whether Newey’s design can make the Red Bull successful again.

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It was clear to us that everyone else would copy our car from last year. If we had only relied on further development, we would have been vulnerable.
Newey said, as reported by RBR News

The Red Bull Team Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey said that the team knew that everyone would try to copy their design. So, the Team decided to rely on further development of the car on which RB20 is based.

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Adrian Newey has discovered an “interesting” innovation in the Mercedes W15

Adrian Newey, in a different interview, pointed out that there is an interesting innovation in the Mercedes W15. ‘During the Mercedes’s launch, Newey mentioned something interesting about an innovation, but he wouldn’t say what it was. It is suspected that he was speaking of the design of the front wings.

Adrian Newey and Lewis Hamilton
Adrian Newey and Lewis Hamilton (Via IMAGO)
Newey said at his car’s launch that there was an innovation on the Mercedes that he found “interesting” although he would not reveal what it was. The suspicion is that he was referring to the front-wing design
Andrew Benson said via BBC.

Toto Wolff also said he is hoping that the W15 this season will help George Russell and Lewis Hamilton catch up to Red Bull, the champions from the previous year. Last season, Mercedes had a fierce battle with Ferrari, McLaren, and occasionally Aston Martin, with Red Bull leading the race.

But with the changes coming from various teams for the 2024 season. It will be interesting to see how well the 2024 season goes for various teams. It will be interesting to see which car will have the best updates.

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