After a historic season, Red Bull will have their own Christmas party within their Milton-Keynes campus, as confirmed by Christian Horner. The ‘work hard, play hard’ attitude has been exemplified by the fact that all the team members will take a night’s break from work. But when Horner was quizzed about his stonking skills behind a karaoke mic, his answer was quite revealing.
During a feature for Sky, Horner was asked whether his famous karaoke gig in Japan would make a return. He immediately retorted, “No, no! Karaoke for me is done!”
Christian Horner reveals the go-to karaoke songs he and some of his drivers go for:
“Singing is not really in my department.. But, American Pie has come out a few times!”
“Daniel Ricciardo and his.. some country and western song that I can’t remember ”
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— RBR Daily (@RBR_Daily) August 8, 2023
After Red Bull sealed the Constructors’ title at the Japanese GP, the team decided to celebrate with a fun karaoke night-out. That is when the video of the Red Bull crew led by Horner went viral where the team can be seen singing a rendition of Oasis’ famous ‘Wonderwall’.
While it’ll be all fun and games on Christmas eve, Horner has sent a chilling message to all of their rivals. Despite the off-season just having begun, extensive work is being put in to make the RB20 ready to hit the track, and at full throttle.
Red Bull tipped to dominate the 2024 F1 season
As the 2023 season came to an end, Lewis Hamilton had a damning observation to make. After the Abu Dhabi GP, the seven-time world champion revealed, “For Red Bull to win by 17 seconds in the end and they haven’t even developed their car since August is definitely a concern.”
The common consensus within the paddock concurs with Hamilton’s conclusion. The paddock is rife with chatter that the RB20 is going to be an indomitable beast. Rectifying the wind sensitivity issue of the RB19, the aerodynamic efficiency of the RB20 is going to blow the competition out of the water.
Motorsport Italy – Adrian Newey has already said that he expects his opponents to be able to match the performance of the Red Bull RB19 next year, but the English genius is also certain that he has kept an important margin for growth in his pocket for the RB20.
— Junaid #JB17 (@JunaidSamodien_) November 30, 2023
Throughout the season, the teams worked hard on their own concepts to ensure they caught up with the RB19. However, the Bulls have already been working on the 2024 challenger for some time now. Hence, the status quo of 2023 is expected to be retained next year in terms of the Bulls’ pace advantage.
That being said, with teams like McLaren and Ferrari showing great promise as the season came to an end, the Bulls might have to look in their rear-view mirrors at some point next season.
