Red Bull F1 warns of a worrying problem in its 2024 car

The 2024 Formula 1 season may be different from last year, perhaps not in the end result, but in what will happen, as the first races could see Carlos Sainz win Australian Grand Prix and Lando Norris in Miami Grand Prixbesides the fact that in Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagnathe Briton himself caught Max Verstappen to the finish line, but confirmation came in the standings Monaco Grand Prix.

The Dutchman was sixth and his teammate Sergio Perez, 18th, ahead the disqualification of two Haas drivers made him 16th.. A disaster given the dominance they have had over the last campaign and a half, but it is no longer too far-fetched to think that Ferrari and McLaren will be on par with those from Milton Keynes in the coming months.

Here’s what the 2024 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix grid looked like:

Moreover, energy drink consultant, Helmut Markoshowed signs of unexpected difficulties for the Red Bull team, which, it must be remembered, began the race with a media earthquake involving Christian Horner, added to the departure of Adrian Newey.

The Austrian was, as usual for him, straightforward, and the RB20 had problems with the settings, and this was visible long before he announced it to the media, but then more important statements followed. The team lacks correlation between the simulation and the track.

“I think it’s common knowledge that we had setup problems all weekend,” Helmut Marko said after qualifying. “We managed to improve, and we showed it in a few laps in qualifying, but once again we never had the opportunity to win pole. Once again Max (Verstappen) had to risk everything to take first place. line, but things went badly, it was a shock.”

Red Bull advisor admitted something the champion team had never said beforeas everyone was thinking about another dominant year, but after the Australian Grand Prix everything changed: “We started the season thinking it would be an unstoppable success, then came the first disappointment in Melbourne, but the problem is not the tracks, but the fact that that the correlation between the simulator and the track does not work.

“In the simulator we have no problem going over curbs, but here, according to Verstappen, the car bounces like a kangaroo,” he continued. “This is a problem that was also evident at the Miami circuit and partly at the Imola circuit.”

However, after the anxiety there is hope, because, With the return of permanent layouts, the RB20 will once again become the benchmark.for now they do not underestimate their rivals, who have taken steps to close the distance towards the leaders: “This is where we need to start, but we believe that when we get to the real circuits, such as Barcelona for example, we will be back to our state forms.”

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