Undoubtedly, Red Bull is the most dominating team at present in Formula One. Claiming the one-two victory in both the 2023 races held so far, the team proved that RB19 is the car that the 2023 championship demands. And other teams who follow a similar concept like them also win! The example team is Aston Martin.
However, after the season opener race at Bahrain Grand Prix, the team figured out a few problems in the car. Despite being the fastest car, they had to work on the wings to outwit their fellow rivals like the Astons and Ferrari and, somehow, Mercedes too in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The upgrade that Red Bull brought ahead of the Jeddah race was impactful that even after Max Verstappen’s driveshaft, he managed to complete the fastest lap. Whatever the issue was in the car, its extraordinary speed covered it all. Given this, a question arises in fans’ minds; What exactly did Red Bul do to make a further speed advantage in Saudi Arabia?
According to the news source, Red Bull brought a Beam Wing, a Rear wing, which was flapped and endplate. The Austrian racing team launched a modified beam wing. Also, the DRS was perfectly balanced with the help of the wing. This allowed the drivers to extract the full potential of the RB19. On the other hand, speaking of the rivals, Ferrari brought the front wing (endplate), Beam Wing, and Floor edge to Jeddah. Mercedes was settled with Rear Wing (flap) and floor fence.
Damon Hill Explains How Red Bull Will Dominate The Entire Season With Their Open DRS
Whatever was with Ferrari and Mercedes, Red Bull remained the best. Given the fact that Max Verstappen overtook each one of the drivers coming from P15 to P2, it proves how amazingly the RB19 was upgraded. It allowed the car to remove the dirty air, which helped the driver vision a better way to outrun the car in front.
Meanwhile, the triple DRS that Red Bull created is getting praise from everywhere. They have an open DRS system, which no other team had. According to Damon Hill, as he spoke to Motorsport.com, the Milton-Keynes-based team is now able to accelerate the RB19 more than before. And this is not something ordinary. It will gain the world’s attention in future races.
As Hill said, “Red Bull has done a lot of work on the DRS mode. This has provided a bigger advantage to the team than the rivals when they have DRS.” And now all the teams are going to do similar work. Except for the team, everyone is missing something. In conclusion, the 1996 F1 world champion is completely impressed by Red Bull. He recently criticized the rival team Mercedes’s boss Toto Wolff for not doing his job perfectly.