Red Bull have started F1 2023 with back-to-back 1-2 finishes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Max Verstappen dominated from pole position in the season-opener. RB19 is a fantastic starting point for us.
Formula One champion Max Verstappen is recovering from a stomach bug that affected his race in Saudi Arabia. The Dutchman finished runner-up behind Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez at Jeddah despite feeling ropey through the race weekend. Piastri struggled in the opening round at Bahrain, his first race in more than 12 months after sitting out 2022 as a reserve driver for Alpine.
A poor start to the season leaves the team fourth in the championship standings. The team is 61 points adrift of rivals Red Bull. A team named red bull has killed the opposition coming up with a car that is clearly superior to everyone else.
The 2023 F1 Australian GP will be the third race of the season as the circus heads Down Under. The race comes at a pivotal time as the first two events have already set the course in motion for Red Bull's domination this season. The Dutchman has dominated his teammate for a chunk of their partnership and it would be unwise to pick against him.
Damon Hill speculates on futureAdrian Newey's red bull contract is up for renewal. Lewis Hamilton introduced as 'eight-time world champion' at a Mercedes sponsor event last weekend.
Jeremy Clarkson has bemused the “boring” pace management of the Red Bull and Mercedes drivers at the recent Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The television presenter is one of the most recognisable faces on British television having hosted the BBC’s Top Gear motoring show until 2015 before moving on to host Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm.
Steiner worked at Jaguar before dietrich Mateschitz bought the team and rebranded the Milton Keynes outfit as Red Bull Racing for 2005. He was redeployed to head up Red Bull’s NASCAR efforts in America. Steiner said the decision to let Steiner leave Red Bull was “obvious”.
Mercedes boss toto Wolff has revealed he could leave if he felt he was no longer contributing. He said he would consider passing the baton to someone else if others admitted he wasn't contributing to the constructor. The eight-time Constructors' champions continue to struggle with their design.
Horner was technical operations director at the team after the company bought out the existing Jaguar team. He was in the role after productive meetings with Helmut Marko and Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Horner said he had been in discussions with Eddie Jordan over buying his eponymous team at Silverstone.
The reigning champion was forced to complete a stunning recovery drive in Saudi Arabia. He started from 15th in jeddah after a driveshaft problem during qualifying forced him to retire from the session during Q2. But he was able to recover to finish second to team-mate Sergio Perez.
Red Bull claimed their second one-two finish in as many races at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Team-mate Max Verstappen recovering to second from 15th on the grid.
Christian Horner was a relatively new team principal making his way in the brutally tough business of top-level motorsport. He needed someone to elevate his team, quite simply one with the ability to produce a winning car. The move was one which would change the face of the sport for the next 17 years.
Red bull have started this season in near-perfect fashion. It is unclear which team will be able to stop Red Bull in 2023. F1 team principal Fred Vasseur is optimistic that the team can return to race-winning contention soon.
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Red Bull have started F1 2023 in blistering fashion, scoring 1-2 finishes in the opening two rounds of the season. Sergio Perez finished 25 seconds clear of Fernando Alonso in third at jeddah despite there being a mid-race Safety Car.
Aston Martin have jumped from being the P7 finisher in last season’s Constructors’ Championship to now having the second-fastest race car behind Red Bull. Fernando Alonso has joined the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez on the first two podiums of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Toto Wolff said he would have no shame if the revamped car ended up resembling a Red Bull. The team principal said we are storming full steam ahead now and changing things. He said if we continue to do the big steps that we've already done in the last 10 days we come to a stage where we are really able to respond.
Lewis Hamilton said he has never seen a car with the speed of the RB19. The red bull dominated the formula 1 season in 2014. He said it was a worrying sign for the likes of red bull and their chances of mounting a title challenge.
Toto Wolff has suggested that Mercedes will head towards the Red Bull Racing concept when they apply the upgrades to the car in the coming races. The team are currently second in the world championship following George Russell's podium in Saudi Arabia but according to Wolff this is first losers.
Perez scored a dominant win at the saudi arabia grand prix. The victory narrows the gap at the top of the drivers' world championship to just one point. A last-gasp fastest lap effort from team-mate Max Verstappen.
Sergio Perez crossed the line first, but it was not enough to take over the lead in the world championship. Perez was expecting more dominant but the safety car made it a lot harder for me. In the last 25 laps, the two Red Bull drivers were evenly matched.
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Fernando Alonso took the lead in turn 1KEY HIGHLIGHTS at the 2023 Saudi Arabin GP. He was disqualified from the race by aston Martin Racing teammate. But he received a penalty at the start of the race.
The brackley team ended up as the fourth-fastest team in the race behind red bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin. This year it's mostly through the corners, but on exits these guys have a lot of rear end through the majority of corners.
Red bull has taken a certain risk by building its own engines rather than leaning on an existing manufacturer, Marko says. He says the team has spoken to former Mercedes engine chief Andy Cowell, who decided against joining.
The double world champion has been battling with the bug this week. He expects to be in his Red Bull for practice in jeddah on friday. Verstappen is bidding for a hat-trick of titles.
The f1-75 proved the most accelerative car out of low-speed corners but fell back compared to the Honda-powered Red Bull at higher speed. Despite the supposed power advantage, neither Charles Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz could mount a credible threat for victory in Bahrain.
Dennis Hauger finished second in the final standings of the italian championship in 2021. He is already 24 points behind the favourite Theo Pourchaire.
Ford Motor Company is in the process of hiring new staff to flesh out its ranks with a view towards its F1 entry with Red Bull in 2026. Those are slated for 2026 when Ford will link up with red Bull Powertrains, the two organisations already collaborating to develop an engine for the world championship-winning sister company.
The 2022 Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 Show Car Simulator promises 'an unparalleled F1 experience' the rig is made using the same processes as the real race cars. It costs at least £16,500 or $19,898.
Gasly and Albon endured disappointing respective spells alongside Max Verstappen. The frenchman was dropped in the middle of 2019, while Albon was replaced at the end of 2020 for Sergio Perez. Perez's wealth of experience has given him a clear advantage over Gasly.
Charles Leclerc was hit with a 10-place grid penalty for this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The penalty was meted out by the FIA after he was forced to change the power unit twice in his car at the season-opening race in Bahrain. He is already 25 points adrift of double world champion Max Verstappen's Red Bull.
The RB18 was the ninth-most successful car in Formula 1 history. Fans will soon be able to feel like they are Max Verstappen. The simulators are now on sale on f1's store, Authentics.
The Austrian team looked dominant in the first race of the season. The situation was so adverse that it has given rise to fears that Red Bull could end up dominating the 2023 season. The additional 10% deduction in development time due to the cost cap breach is a major handicap as well.
The simulators honour the team’s 2022 championship-winning F1 car, the RB18. They will be manufactured using the same process as F1 race cars. Each sim comes with the option of either Max Verstappen or Sergio Perez’s livery.
Despite being the third (or perhaps fourth) fastest car, the team is aiming to compete with Red Bull who currently sit at the top of the f1 standings. There will be upgrades on the car for the upcoming race in jeddah, with more development plans in store for Imola.
The RB19 has already been earmarked as the pace setter on the grid. The team is expected to follow this up with a substantial upgrade for the fourth race of the season in Baku.
Team principal Christian Horner warned they must be “efficient” if that is to remain the case. The team won 17 of the 22 races in 2022. He said it was just one race and that they had to be efficient.
The italian racing stable saw Charles Leclerc crash out in the Bahrain Grand Prix, but also lacked the speed to challenge Red Bull Racing. Schumacher fears we are in for a relatively boring season. He says he does not expect the team to be able to win the world title in 2023.
2009 world champion Jenson Button is preparing for a summer of NASCAR racing and a trek to le Mans. The pair will be competing in the f1 championship on march 26.
Aston Martin took over half of Red Bull's aerodynamics department. The team's principal reveals that the team takes 'everything that is allowed' from RB. Tost says the team is uncompetitive to their rivals.
The Austrian scout claims he is not tied to the sport and can stop at any given time. The 79-year-old has no plans to retire just yet. He has been crucial to Red Bull's driver program.
The two-time world champion began the 2023 season in the best possible way, winning the opening race from pole position last weekend. Former red bull driver David Coulthard has said that he is well above his competitors in the new season.
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Karun Chandhok has claimed that norris will be considering a move away from his current team.
World champion Mika Hakkinen believes Lando Norris has a 'very high level' of talent in formula 1. Norris is the only non-Red Bull, Ferrari or Mercedes driver to finish in the top three last season. He has been given a four-year contract extension with the team in the meantime.
The gap to the race leader was over 38 seconds, which keeps them far away from a race win. The team principal believes that developing the car intensely is important because the teams that they are ahead of currently have been in the competition for a long time.
Toto Wolff has revealed that the team has seen its deficit to Red Bull increase by double or triple of what it was last season. The car was easily the fourth fastest car on the grid behind Red Bull, Ferrari, and Aston Martin.
F1 chief Stefano Domenicali says 'we are Ferrari is no longer enough'. The 57-year-old says it's only a matter of time before Red Bull's budget cap penalty catches up on them.
F1 team principal Frederic Vasseur is convinced that the car and the team are capable of fighting for the championship. He explained how the car's concept is solid and how they only need to focus on changing the setup and other smaller aspects. The SF-23 crumbled during the race during the first race of the season.
RB19 was the only car different from an RB on the podium in Bahrain. The team's principal, Christian Horner, commented on the same when asked about Dan Fallows' departure from the team.
Red Bull were hit with a 10 per cent reduction in aero testing following their breach of F1’s financial regulations in 2021. This will mean Mercedes, for example, will have around 25 per cent more wind tunnel time than Red Bull for much of this season.
Red bull have won 10 of the last 12 races but reliability, crashes and errors can never be ruled out. Former world champion max Verstappen finished 11.987 seconds ahead of mate Sergio Perez and 38.6 seconds clear of aston Martin's Fernando Alonso.
Red bull's former head of aerodynamics Dan Fallows switched to aston Martin. The RB19 has clear design similarities to the AMR23. Fernando Alonso masterfully drove to the podium finish at the f1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Wolff conceded his team would re-think their concept after their star driver criticised it. Toto is calling it his worst day? 'they gave it one more chance,' he said.
Red bull boss Christian Horner praises aston Martin's climb up the order this year. He says it is a compliment to how close the team's design looks to his own. The team now looks to be at least third fastest on merit.
The monagasque suffered a power failure on lap 41 of the race. He lost the opportunity to grab an easy podium finish. Leclerc said he and his team were expecting to be on the back foot.
Max Verstappen led all-Red Bull front row lock-out in qualifying at the Sakhir circuit. The reigning world champion laid down a 1:29.708 in Q3 to beat his team-mate Sergio Perez by a tenth of a second. He believes his RB19's race-pace will be “better” than the car in qualifying trim.
The team is investigating a strange car behaviour on Max Verstappen's car. The car is not working as it did in testing. Max and Checo have the same setup so it‘s strange.
Despite last year's challenges, Lewis Hamilton claims he has prepared himself for a championship battle. The seven-time world champion was far removed from the title race as Red Bull and Max Verstappen ran away with both titles.
Former Dutch driver adVerstappen says fans should not cheer too soon. He urges everyone not to forget how things went last year. But he says the difference between Red Bull and its rivals will be less pronounced.
