Red Bull F1

Logical in the end.
Most efficient are a lot more efficient right now because of the budget cap.
No budget cap : Mercedes spent a lot of money and were dominant.
Ferrari because of their incompetence spent a lot of money to be second at best.
Red Bull learned to be competitive with the unreliable and weak Renault.
Budget cap : Mercedes is second at best
Ferrari 4 at best
Red Bull ultra efficient and ultra dominant.

 

Last year, McLaren and Alpine were fighting for the 4th and 5th spot. This year, it's for the 5th and 6th place.
Who gained a lot ? Aston Martin, from second to last above Williams, they are now 2nd in the ranking.

 

It's normal that teams go up and down one position, but the middle class, although still middle class in the championship standings, is not closer to the front.

 

The racing might be a bit closer this year, we've had qualifying sessions with the entire field just barely a second apart, the Miami race might be track specific, but all 20 cars finished, 18 of them on the same lap at the end.

 

Comparison between 2022 and 2023 after the first 5 races.
2022
1- Ferrari 157pts
2- Red Bull 151pts
3-Mercedes 95pts
4- McLaren 46 pts
5- Alfa Romeo 31pts
6- Alpine 28pts
7- Alpha Tauri 16pts
8- Haas 15pts
9- Aston Martin 5pts
10- Williams 2pts
2023
1- Red Bull 224pts moved up one spot to take the lead, and gained 73 points !
2- Aston Martin 102pts moved up 7 spots and gained 97 points !
3- Mercedes 96pts stays the same, just one more point
4- Ferrari 78 pts dropped 3 places and lost 79 points !!!
5- McLaren 14pts dropped 1 place and lost 32 points
6- Alpine 14pts dropped 1 place and lost 14 points
7- Haas 8pts moved up one place and gained 7 points
8- Alfa Romeo 6pts dropped 3 places and lost 25 points
9- Alpha Tauri 2pts dropped 2 places and lost 14 points
10- Williams 1pt stays the same, but lost 1 pt

Who says the stats are not exciting ? They are objective and tell you the truth !!

 

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Hey Joe, I wish you would have waited until I finish my breakfast before posting this.

 

RedBull domination increase year over year it appears!! They earn it by winning!

 

Yes, it's no fluke. How long will it last is the big question.

 

I see another year given the budget so 2024 is I think most likely RedBull. 2025 is a bit more of a question but the teams then focus on new regulation/PU's. So it does go well in theory for RedBull to have 3 more years cautiously!

Horner seems confused about it all with this headline lol

Miami GP: Christian Horner wondering 'where are the others?' after dominant Red Bull one-two

 

The RB19 has SURPASSED Expectations! | Talking Bull feat. Adrian Newey

 

Horner: Red Bull wouldn't have created own F1 engine had Honda stayed
Christian Horner says Red Bull would “absolutely not” have established its own Formula 1 engine programme had it known Honda would return to the championship for 2026.

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login So now that Perez’s car has been hoisted to everyone to see there are engineers are saying they are using magnets
I don’t know if it’s a joke or could be true
Any thoughts ?

 

It's obviously a joke.

You mean to tell me the track has the opposite pole to attract the other pole of the car thereby by sucking it to the ground?

Laughable.

Those are skid plates(circle area in the pic) mandated by the FIA.

 

Those are the Bipolar contacts of the Warp Reactor positioned just behind the Ultra Capacitor from the Hydrotreater and Cosmos batteries...

 

Lol...

 

McLaren hires top Red Bull engineer Rob Marshall as new F1 technical director
The McLaren Formula 1 team has poached veteran Red Bull chief engineering officer Rob Marshall in the latest coup for its heavily reworked technical division.

 

Porkins from Star Wars: A New Hope?


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I guess he is somewhat like modern F1 car ..............round/full lol

 

I wonder why he chose to move to McLaren rather than Ferrari though ...

 

He's their 3rd ex-Red Bull in a row and with the previous two they didn't get much better. I don't know, maybe they should try something different.

 

well, at least Red Bull's snack budget won't go over the cap this year.

How rubbish is Ferrari though? They NEED a Tech guy like this and couldn't even get him...

 

The problem right now is that Enrico Cardile wants the technical director job if it's up for grabs. If he gets passed over for an outsider, he'll almost certainly resign from Ferrari, and that will set back development. It's likely Ferrari are waiting to see how the summer development goes on the SF-23 before they decide how they'll go about filing the role of technical director. If the SF-23 improves, they'll likely give it Cardile. If the car continues to be a turd, they'll look outside, and tell him to resign if he doesn't like it.

People also need to forget the idea of any high profile English designers coming to Ferrari to fill senior positions. They're not going to move to Italy and take that risk, and Ferrari certainly aren't going to fill senior roles with low rank engineers and designers. Instead, they'll look to places outside of England for senior positions, while leaving the door open should anyone in the UK open up.

Ross Brawn was an exception to the rule of British engineers at Ferrari working out.

 

He was the exception because he demanded to have full control over everyone. Having 2-3 bosses isn't going to work out for them.