~ Formula 1 2013: Mid-term report card ~ Team: Red Bull Score: - TopicsExpress

~ Formula 1 2013: Mid-term report card ~ Team: Red Bull Score: A Through regulation changes, tyre troubles and intra-team battles, the 2013 season has seen the continuation of one constant: Red Bull at the top of the championship standings. Nevertheless, for the first time since 2010, the squad has found themselves in the unfamiliar situation of no longer possessing the fastest car over one lap, with that honour instead falling to Mercedes. What they do have in the RB9 is a relentlessly quick machine that can compete for victories anywhere on the calendar, and in Sebastian Vettel, a driver who has finished outside of the top four on just one occasion. As their rivals conspire to take points away from each other, the Milton Keynes-based outfit always emerges amongst the front-runners. Putting controversy aside, without their customary devasting dominance, the team have conducted themselves as well as could be expected in the first ten races; minimising errors, maximising points, and marching onwards to a potential fourth successive title. Wins: 4 Podiums: 10 Poles: 3 Fastest laps: 6 Points: 277