Despite ruling the on-track scenario recently, things aren’t going right for Red Bull off-track. Apart from the ongoing poaching, the Austrian team is now on the verge of an imminent catastrophe, which they can’t help but accept.
The defending champions have been the team to beat after new regulations were laid out last year. With both championships picked up last year, they are on their way to repeating the same feat in 2023.
However, with gain comes pain which Red Bull is already facing in the current scenario. As seen in Monaco with Sergio Perez’s exposed RB-19 to rivals catching up to them fast.
Admittedly, the exposed floor of the RB-19 has been a huge drawback for the Milton Keynes-based team, as it revealed too much information for the rivals to copy. But, all these are just part of the sport, as per the Red Bull key man Adrian Newey.
It’s all part of F1, believes Newey
The Red Bull mastermind Adrian Newey believes that copying and stealing ideas to succeed has been a part of the sport for a long time. So much so that he and his team have done it at times as well.
Talking about this, the Red Bull Chief Technical Officer told Next Gen Auto, “It’s a serious compliment when people copy. It’s part of F1, of course. We all look at each other. In truth, we also copied things from other people.”
Those Red Bull’s with DRS open…
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— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) April 30, 2023
“Some of those copies are visual others are occasionally done by people who are transferred, we have seen that this year,” further asserted the British engineer who recently revealed Red Bull’s closest rival.
Exposed floor biggest catastrophe for Red Bull
The exposed floor of Perez’s RB-19 has been the biggest weakness for Red Bull of late. An F1 challenger’s floor comes with massive aerodynamics and is a responsible part of success.
With that left open and the rivals having close eyes on them, this has been a drawback for the Milton Keynes-based team. Despite reports that the floor will not be easy to be copied, there are chances that rivals will come up with a similar configuration by the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.
This is added to the budget cap penalty, which will actively hinder Red Bull’s advancement to a great extent. All in all, the defending champions are ready to accept their upcoming catastrophe in Formula 1.
