Two great Formula 1 cars, both including the work of Adrian Newey. One has an average edge in qualifying of 0.207 seconds and has so far managed 19 victories from 20 grands prix (95%), while the other enjoyed a massive advantage of 0.996s and yet ‘only’ won 10 of its 16 races (63%).
The differing records of the 2023 Red Bull RB19 and the 1993 Williams FW15C, in many ways the most sophisticated F1 car of all time, reveal a lot about how things have changed in 30 years. While