F1’S HIDDEN BATTLEGROUND
Aug 05, 2021
4 minutes
WORDS JONATHAN NOBLE
PICTURES AND STUART CODLING
That Red Bull is on a roll at the moment is obvious – we can measure its advantage not just in terms of laptimes and race results, but also in the quantity of innuendo directed at it by rivals.
Mercedes might have landed a couple of blows by lobbying for new wing-flexibility tests and pitstop timing rules, but the fact remains that Red Bull’s RB16B can still outpace Merc’s W12 on pretty much any circuit – by a quarter of a second or more per lap.
Part of that margin comes from the engine bay but isn’t a factor of horsepower alone.
In Azerbaijan ExxonMobil, Red Bull’s
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