Ex-F1 driver insists Red Bull is going ‘BACKWARD’ with each passing race weekend

Red Bull was only able to amass a mere 12 points from the recent Italain Grand Prix weekend.

Ex-F1 driver insists Red Bull is going ‘BACKWARD’ with each passing race weekend

Max Verstappen, Helmut Marko, and Christian Horner (Via: Imago)

The Red Bull Formula 1 team is no longer the top dog in the sport. The ground-effect era has majorly belonged to them but it seems, they have recently hit a bit of a dead-end with the development of their 2024 challenger, the RB20.

The Christian Horner-led team won seven of the first 10 races of the 2024 F1 season. However, since then, the outfit has been on a downward trajectory and has lost out in the development war to rivals like Mercedes, McLaren, and Ferrari.

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In light of this, the Ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has admitted that the Milton-Keynes-based team is going backward.

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They are going further and further back, while McLaren and other teams are doing an outstanding job. After the first race weekends, no one would have thought that both of Red Bull's championships would be in danger. And this can cause huge chaos within the team.
Ralf Schumacher via Formula.hu

Red Bull had a horrendous weekend around the Autodromo Nazionale Monza last week. Courtesy of that, the Austrian outfit is now only eight points ahead of McLaren in the Constructors Championship. Horner and Co. need to quickly sort out the RB20’s issues going ahead.

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Red Bull ‘under pressure from all sides’ in 2024

While Ralf Schumacher views Red Bull as slipping backward, he believes the pressure on the team is immense. During the ongoing campaign a lot has happened within the team, from Horner’s allegations to the departure of aero-genius Adrian Newey, the team has been in absolute shambles.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Christian Horner and Helmut Marko (via IMAGO)
Max Verstappen, Christian Horner and Helmut Marko (via IMAGO)

Moreover, all this has had an extremely negative effect on the on-track performances.

I think their problems are stagnant at the moment. Uncertainty pervades the team, and as a result of which it is easy for even more people to become dissatisfied and leave. Now they should focus on building up the newly arrived staff - but they are under pressure from all sides. That's part of Formula 1: things change incredibly quickly.
Ralf Schumacher via the same interview

The 2024 F1 season has only eight races remaining on the calendar. Considering this, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will be in the limelight throughout the three-day Azerbaijan race weekend. Red Bull has been dominating the ground effect since 2022 and thus, it will be fascinating to see whether they’ll be able to turn their season around in the remaining races.

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