Adrian Newey believes the rivalry between the leading teams will increase noticeably in 2023, adding Ferrari and Mercedes, and Red Bull Racing will have to face more serious competition than last season.
In 2022, Mercedes could not cope with the problem of the longitudinal build-up of the new car at high speeds for a long time, and Ferrari, who had started the season well, then clearly lost ground. Red Bull Racing, on the other hand, consistently improved their RB18, fixing early technical issues, making their car lighter and faster, helping Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez to 17 wins in 22 races. Back in Japan ahead of schedule, Max secured a second title and in the next phase of the championship, in the US, the team won the Constructors’ Championship.
However, the head of the technical department of Red Bull Racing thinks it will be very difficult to repeat this success next season.
Yesterday Newey and the team attended the Red Bull Racing Milton Keynes Celebration of Season Triumph and were asked on VIaplay if beating 2022 is realistic.
“It will be hard to beat this year,” he replied. “It was still a very successful season. But within the team we have to critically evaluate our car, we always have this approach and there were areas in the RB18 where we were not completely happy.
We will try to remedy these shortcomings, in the winter period we will work on our developments as usual and then we will see what we are capable of next year. Of course we have very strong opponents: Ferrari will be able to perform confidently again and I have no doubt that Mercedes will bounce back after a somewhat strange season, so it will not be easy for us.
Source: F1 News
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