Christian Horner thinks that in 2024 there will be more than one car on the World Cup starting field that resembles and is structurally reminiscent of the Red Bull RB19.
Last season, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, at the wheel of the RB19, won 21 of the season’s 22 races, and in terms of the ratio of wins to the number of stages, a new dominance record was set: the previous one had stood since 1988 and belonged to McLaren. 35 years ago, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost won 15 of the 16 Grand Prix with a McLaren MP4/4.
Already during the season, many teams, in an effort to increase the speed of their cars, tried to copy solutions from Red Bull and introduce technical innovations reminiscent of certain components of the RB19. There is reason to believe that this practice of adopting the ideas of others will become even more noticeable in 2024.
According to Horner, Red Bull has followed an evolutionary path in developing the RB20 and the new car will be conceptually a more advanced version of the previous model. However, he also assumes that the results next year will be stronger than in 2023.
“Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” he told Planet F1. “I think that’s the way Formula 1 works. So I’m sure next year we’ll see several cars that will look like the RB19. In 2023 we were surprised by the size of our lead, because Formula 1 switched to new technical regulations in 2022, but after some time everything stabilizes and the speed capabilities of the teams become equal.
Last season we saw that only our results were stable, but I think this will be different next year because the regulations remain stable. Therefore, of course, a process of rapprochement will take place, but I continue to be amazed that our team worked very consistently in all conditions on different circuits, achieved 21 Grand Prix victories, won six winning doubles, set new records for the number of victories in a row , and so forth.
I think we have set the bar very high. But such results were not possible due to one factor: the entire team works very harmoniously and all departments support each other. Of course, this is exactly how we went about creating a new car, with the specialists responsible for aerodynamics, the mechanical aspects of the chassis and the engine working closely together. And of course our riders do their part.”
Source: F1 News
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