The Milton Keynes-based squad is coming off the again of a really dominant 2023 marketing campaign the place it received all however one race en path to capturing each the constructors’ and drivers’ crowns with Max Verstappen.
However regardless of the dimensions of its record-breaking feats, the staff will not be getting complacent that its present benefit will probably be locked in for one more season – so it’s pushing exhausting to eke out additional good points over the winter.
And having stopped growth early this season so it may focus on its future undertaking, there was speak that the RB20 will probably be a step change in design and appears from the present automotive.
Talking on the FIA Prize Gala in Baku, world champion Verstappen felt that whereas the RB19 was so good, there have been some pretty clear areas the place good points could possibly be discovered.
“I do not assume you’ll be able to discuss percentages or no matter, however there are all the time issues that we are able to do higher,” he mentioned.
“We all know that the automotive has been very, very dominant, however we have additionally seen a number of weaknesses within the automotive the place I believe we are able to do higher. And that is what we’re engaged on for subsequent 12 months.”
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Christian Horner, Crew Principal, Crimson Bull Racing
Crew boss Christian Horner believes that with no main rule adjustments into 2024, there’s a good alternative for Crimson Bull’s rivals to catch up – which is why it was pushing to enhance a lot of the RB19.
“I believe with secure laws, we all know that the sector will converge,” he mentioned. “We have seen that at totally different factors through the course of the previous 12 months. So for us, we now have to enhance and we now have to maintain evolving.
“I believe all features of RB19 are being checked out to evolve into RB20, and hopefully make it even stronger as a result of I am certain that is what our opponents will probably be trying to do.”
Don’t measure enhancements by numbers
Crimson Bull and Verstappen know that bearing this 12 months’s achievements in quantity phrases will probably be virtually unimaginable – and is maybe one thing that can by no means be finished.
Nevertheless, the staff feels that even when it doesn’t win one other 20 races in 2024, there’s nonetheless room to really feel that it has finished a greater job.
Verstappen mentioned: “Realistically, after all, it may possibly’t be a lot better than what we now have achieved. However I believe it isn’t all the time about making an attempt to win 20 races.
“It’s additionally about simply looking for enhancements inside your self, and inside the automotive. And if which means subsequent 12 months we now have improved the automotive and we are able to struggle for the championship once more, however you solely win 10 races, that is additionally high quality.
“It is simply been additionally that the competitors round us has been fairly up and down. One weekend it was this staff, then the opposite week it was one other staff. So, I anticipate subsequent 12 months individuals are studying so much with this new regulation as effectively that it’s going to really be fairly a bit nearer.”
