Red Bull: Verstappen endangers very low rear wings

Red Bull is making the best effort to get Mercedes in trouble. Since the Milton Keynes team did not even come up with technological innovations, the challenge of figuring out how to make the most of the available solutions to change one’s car’s characteristics on the Jetta track has changed. Fast plant like Silverstone or Spa-Francorschamps.

The game to be played in Saudi Arabia is still upside down: Lewis Hamilton did not mount the Mercedes Super Engine on the W12 and the Red Bull deliberately chose the Honda Power Unit mapping with the utmost caution for Max Verstappen.

Rather than being selected for a second free training session by engineers led by Pierre Wachche, Brockley’s team opted for a more charged aerodynamic structure, with the Dutchman progressing for a very short time on a track with a main profile with a main profile with a rear wing. Thanks to the flat side panels and twisted blades give way without the pronounced spoon shape and strokes.

Red Bull Racing RB16B with rear wing used during Saudi Arabian GB Free Exercise 2

Photographer: Giorgio Piola

Red Bull Racing RB16B heavyweight rear wing used during Saudi Arabian GB Free Training 1

Photographer: Giorgio Piola

On the mobile flap, on the other hand, we observe the appearance of a transparent nodule, the performance of which manifests itself only in slow curves, because the flow passes the Gurney flap beyond a certain velocity, while in FP1 this solution is not fitted. .

The only 4km / h speed that separated the Max’s RB16B from the Mercedes pushed Milton Keynes’ team in the direction of looking for maximum aerodynamic performance.

Drivers will be allowed to use maximum engine boost in the black arrows, and it is essential to see what happens this afternoon in qualifying when speed differences are overstated. Mercedes’s goal is to pair Valteri Potas with Lewis and possibly stay in the polar position.

Red Bull wants this action plan to fail, hoping to add Verstappen to the W12. Milton Keynes firmly believes that the problem with raising the front tires to temperature in the first three corners revealed by the Dutch driver yesterday will be overcome when the track in the Jetta gets tired as expected. Every little detail can make a big difference …

Details of the lighter rear wing selected by Verstop in Red Bull Racing RB16B, FP2

Photographer: Giorgio Piola