Red Bull F1 motorsport adviser Helmut Marko has warned rival F1 teams that the budget cap penalty will not “cost” the 2024 F1 car, the RB20. Red Bull has been sanctioned with a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing for 2021 after it violated F1’s financial regulations. This means that Mercedes, for example, will have about 25 per cent more wind tunnel time than Red Bull for much of this season.
Considering Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez finished 1-2 at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix and Red Bull started F1 with dominance, this may be trivial. unknown. But the shorter wind tunnel time could have implications for the 2024 project, RB20. This is because we will be developing this car and next year’s car at the same time. “In order not to compromise the future RB20, we have voluntarily integrated it into the RB19 as quickly as possible,” Helmut Marko told his nextgen-auto.com. The penalty was announced to us relatively early on. In Singapore it became clear and we knew it was going to come at a big price.” From very early on, we evolved and optimized things that weren’t ideal in the old car, like reducing weight. focused on doing And bring something to test in the wind tunnel and it should work ideally the first time. “So very early on we focused on evolving and optimizing things that weren’t ideal with the old car, like weight reduction. And if we bring something to test in the wind tunnel. , it has to work ideally from the start.” “We owe it to the core members of the team who have worked together for 15 years. They know what and how they fit in with each other. “Of course, we have a genius in Adrian Newey, but the team is also made up of people with high ability and intelligence.” It sits at the top of the rankings, 20 points ahead of Aston Martin.