Next year’s AlphaTauri car should be significantly different to the AT04, as the Faenza team will use more components developed in-house by Red Bull Racing when creating the new chassis.
If one team now dominates the championship and has won all the races that have already taken place, with the exception of the Singapore Grand Prix, then the second occupies the 10th and last place in the Constructors’ Championship and has only 5 points to gain so far. His name. There is a risk that AlphaTauri will end the season with one of the worst results of the entire period if it belongs to Red Bull, namely: since 2006.
Even in 2006 she took 9th place, although she scored only one point, but then there were 11 participants in the championship and she finished in last place in the team rankings only in 2009.
Both teams’ cars are powered by the same Honda RBPT powerplant, and the Faenza-built chassis features a number of components that AlphaTauri sources from Red Bull, but which will now extend the range to the maximum level allowed by regulations.
This was confirmed by Jody Egginton, technical director of the Italian team: “Since 2019, when we started communicating with each other in this way, the parts selected from across the range have been different, and next year this selection will be slightly different again. change. Compared to this year there will be more. Compared to the previous two years, this number is likely to remain approximately the same.
When customer teams ultimately start purchasing components from supplier teams, it’s important to remember that budgets are limited. But we are going to increase the range of parts that can be purchased to the maximum possible level.
Our leadership gives us the task to use everything possible within the framework of the three current regulations: sporting, technical and financial. But there are also some things that we cannot use.
Now our competitiveness has decreased and we are asked: “Your car is not fast enough – what is the reason for this?” In 2020 and 2021, when we had more efficient cars, there were no such conversations. That is why we are now going to use Red Bull’s developments.
We know that people in the company’s management support us and encourage the desire of both teams to do the maximum that is allowed by the regulations.”
Egginton did not reveal exactly how everything would happen, he only emphasized that all these issues are now being discussed by specialists from both teams.
The AlphaTauri cars have clearly gained speed in recent races and the team’s technical director made it clear that the process of modernizing the AT04 will continue.
“It seems we have found a good development direction, the car is regularly updated and we are happy to be able to offer this,” he said.
Source: F1 News
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