Red Bull and their untimely dominance in the sport has become one for the books. However, it seems with their progressive growth in the sport for the past few years has also left them sleepless. Although they do sleep a peaceful night with their trophies lined up, their sleepless nights come with wanting to take the car up a notch.
While a person might think that they are done since they have a dominant, race-winning car, it might be completely false. The energy drink team is the one to not stop even when they are the best on the grid. As of now, Red Bull admires their 13 trophies after consecutive wins this season. They have beaten McLaren‘s record of 11 consecutive wins.
100 ➡️ 1 🏆 We celebrated a century of @F1 wins in 2023 💯 pic.twitter.com/vb94p79PTs
— Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) August 5, 2023
While Red Bull might become the first team to win every race this season, the engineers have taken it upon themselves to make it happen. The RB team is also known for their star driver, Max Verstappen, who has single-handedly broken multiple records in this season itself.
The Dutchman has won 10 of the first 12 races. He also has 8 consecutive wins on his list as of yet. Currently, Max Verstappen stands first in the Championship with 314 points which is 125 points more than the second driver in the Standings. With his great talent, Red Bull also is leading the Constructors Championship with 503 points.
Red Bull looks for faults in RB19 instead of praises
Recently, Red Bull’s Chief Designer, Craig Skinner was asked if Red Bull is happy with the place they are at. And to everyone’s surprise, it seems the team is only looking for more ways to improve the car. According to Craig, instead of seeing RB19’s success, they only keep brainstorming on what could wrong.
In an interview with the Oracle Red Bull Racing Podcast, Skinner said, “We are never ever done”
“Even when RB18 won the championships and loads of races, at the end we sat down and said: What’s wrong with this car? What do we need to do to make it better?”
🗣️ | RB Chief Designer Craig Skinner on developing Red Bull cars: “We are never ever done”
“Even when RB18 won the championships and loads of races, at the end we sat down and said:
What’s wrong with this car? What do we need to do to make it better? What did the drivers want… pic.twitter.com/vw9zwk7ZPM
— RBR News 🇳🇱🇲🇽 (@redbulletin) August 7, 2023
While they have already created a massive gap between them and their rivals, RB is only pushing forward. Previously, Red Bull brought in upgrades to their side pods and the aerodynamics of their car. Although the upgrades had not performed well in qualifications, the car was soaring during the race giving Max a win, 28 seconds ahead.
And with the summer break in full swing, it seems RB is only challenging their rivals more. It’s not as if they haven’t left every other team on the edge of their seats already. With the summer break ending at the Dutch Grand Prix next, it seems Red Bull has only been warming up.