In complete agreement with this statement... Hoping for the best with Red Bull Racing Red Bull Car: RB10 Power unit: Renault Drivers: 1 Sebastian Vettel, 3 Daniel Ricciardo Testing: 1711 km (Vettel 866, Ricciardo 845) Back in 1989 Ferrari were in so much trouble with their new, normally aspirated 3.5-litre V12 639 that nobody gave it the faintest chance in the season opener in Brazil. Even Nigel Mansell had booked an early flight, expecting a quick retirement. He missed it because against all expectations, he won. Sebastian Vettel is interested enough in F1 history to know that, but even the most ardent Red Bull supporters admit it will take a miracle for a similar performance from the world champions after a disastrous series of winter tests. Lewis Hamilton says that the RB10 is a “stunning car”, and rivals have noted its aerodynamic excellence. Jenson Button says it has heaps of grip at high speed. But the problem is it has rarely reached that, struck down by all sorts of Renault problems and some of its own, including rear bodywork that is too tightly packaged around a power unit with a much greater amount of heat to dissipate than the old V8. Based on testing, in which the team did just over a third of Mercedes’ running, they have a mountain to climb just to finish in Melbourne.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:46:09 +0000
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