(Motorsport-Total.com) – After Haas and Ferrari, Red Bull has also dropped the covers: Before the shakedown in Silverstone, the Austro-British team published the first photos of the new RB16. And there are no big surprises. From a purely visual point of view, the RB16 does not differ significantly from the previous model RB15 at first glance.
At Red Bull, the visual continuity also runs through the team in other areas. Honda continues to deliver the engines (2020 in its second year), Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon remain the drivers. And there were no notable changes in team management over the winter.
The RB16 shakedown will take place on Wednesday in Silverstone, in the form of a shooting day permitted by the FIA as part of the regulations. Verstappen is allowed to drive the first few kilometers by car.
In sporting terms, the objective is ambitious: “We want to fight for the World Cup,” said motorsport consultant Helmut Marko in an interview with ‘Motorsport-Total.com’ in December. To do this, unlike 2019, “you have to be competitive right from the start, ie from the very first race”.
In his opinion, engine partner Honda will not fail: “Honda has good increases for next year. And after everything has been fulfilled so far, we assume that this will also happen. That means we have no excuses.”
This also applies to the driver line-up. Before his sixth season in Formula 1, Max Verstappen, often referred to in the past as a rough diamond in the rough, has the necessary experience to get involved in the World Cup fight with the necessary consistency.
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“It is only really coming now,” analyzes Gerhard Berger in an interview with ‘Motorsport-Total.com’. “I think: everything was just building up experience. But now it’s complete. It’s aggressive, it’s in its prime – they’re all so brutally young!”
“Maybe Honda will take another step this year. Then I think this will be the first one that will really create a stir among the boys.”
Other experts see it similarly: “Verstappen has to be a bit more relaxed. In some situations he lacks the necessary peace and quiet. If he finds it and gets a good car, it will be very difficult to beat,” explains the four-time Formula 1 driver -World champion in an interview with ‘Le Parisien’.
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