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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium
Red Bull has a 2 year advantage over Mercedes , Mercedes ran 2 years with a 5H1Tbox because Wolff was too stubborn to change his 'zero side-5H1T design ! 
The 2024 RB20 has a head start , that's a huge advantage...'
The RB20 will be a copy&paste from the RB19 , but aerodynamically much better with less of drag and more downforce and that makes the car even faster at the straights and in the turns.
The RB20 brakes are also a priority item , with stronger brakes and better cooling you can win a lot of lap time .
That's the magic from Adrian Newey . Newey is already working from July on the RB20 .
The last upgrade that the RB19 got , was after the summerbreak with some small new bits on the floor and that was it for the remaining races of this season .
And MAX won the last race (Abu-Dhabi) with what ?
With a 20 sec. gap , he was just cruising in the last 6-7 laps to bring it home .
That's a sea of time in F1 terms !
Mercedes has to start with the 2024 W15 from ground 'below ZERO . While they never understood the behavior and balance from the W14 .
The last 2 seasons from Mercedes are a waste of time and efforts...
This means 2 years behind schedule for Mercedes and 2 years behind in development ! |
The reliability of the RB's slim gearbox seems to be fine, Dominaceli himself has warned the others they have only themselves to blame for falling behind with poor preparation and design of their cars and a repeat of this year is to come starting from March. Max and Adrian need to be extra careful with their activities now, I think you know what I mean.