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The low-speed nature of the street circuit means engine performance is less of a differentiator, and also places a heavy emphasis on chassis performance – a department in which Red Bull usually excels.<br>But there is evidence to suggest the traditional Monte Carlo pacesetter will not start the 2019 race as favourite, as an analysis of sector three times from the Spanish Grand Prix points to ...

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Verstappen has scored two third-place finishes and a trio of fourths across the opening five rounds of the 2019 championship.<br>His podium in the recent Spanish Grand Prix moved him into third place in the championship ahead of Sebastian Vettel, whose Ferrari team has had an up-and-down start to the year.<br>"We are satisfied with the results so far, absolutely," Verstappen told Motorsport.com ...

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Although the Milton Keynes-based team is now making good progress with its car, and Max Verstappen is Mercedes’ closest challenger in the world championship, it has faced some struggles in getting on top of its RB15.<br>Horner thinks its situation was not helped by the thinner-tread tyres and the revamp to the front wing rules that was introduced to boost overtaking.<br>“It is probably a ...

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The street race in the Principality will mark the first appearance of the C5 compound, the softest in Pirelli's 2019 range, in a grand prix weekend.<br>With tyre wear minimal in Monaco, and qualifying being more important than at any other venue in the calendar, teams have largely forsaken the harder C3 and C4 tyres in favour of the C5.<br>Red Bull pair Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly, as well as ...

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Verstappen scored his second podium of the season at Barcelona after overhauling both Ferraris, but could not challenge the Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.<br>Despite Red Bull’s traditional chassis and aerodynamic prowess, Verstappen believes Mercedes’ 2019 car is simply better at the moment.<br>“We’re not really better in any corner than Mercedes,” he said ...

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Albon has shown strong performances in the first four races of the year and, with Pierre Gasly having faced some struggles at Red Bull, there has already been speculation he could be promoted if the main team thinks it needs to change drivers.<br>But while Tost has been hugely encouraged by how quickly Albon has adapted to F1, he is clear that the Anglo-Thai driver will need a lot more experience ...

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The Frenchman made good use of a major new update package to end up sixth-fastest in the afternoon session at Barcelona, ahead of Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly, and he thinks the form can be carried through to qualifying.<br>“I am feeling optimistic,” said Grosjean. “I am feeling like we have got a good chance to qualify both cars in the top ten and maybe play with the Red Bull.<br>“Saying ...

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O'Ward, who is currently contesting a part-time IndyCar schedule with Carlin after triumphing in feeder category Indy Lights in 2018, was announced as the latest addition to the Red Bull Junior Team on Thursday.<br>The 20-year-old has been a regular on the American single-seater racing scene since 2015 but, speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com, O'Ward confirmed he believes an opportunity in ...

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The Energy Station was first used in the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix and has been one of the most recognisable buildings in the paddock during the European season.<br>With the first European race of 2019 taking place in Barcelona this weekend, the energy drinks giant will be debuting its new headquarters: the F1 Holzhaus (Wood House).<br>The new structure, which can be erected in less than two days ...

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Last month Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff laughed off rumours he had been calling Verstappen and the young Dutchman's father Jos in a bid to lure him from Red Bull.<br>Verstappen, whose contract with Red Bull runs to the end of 2020, has also dismissed the speculation.<br>"Max has a contract and it's very clear what that position is," said Horner. "I'm totally confident that he'll be here next ...

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The Frenchman, promoted from Toro Rosso to replace Daniel Ricciardo at the main Red Bull outfit, had struggled to get the most out of the car over the start of the season.<br>But though his Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend was compromised by a raft of penalties consigning him to a pitlane start and a subsequent mechanical failure in the race, Gasly appeared much more at ease with the Red Bull car at ...

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Red Bull and Renault won four straight title doubles together from 2010 to 2013, as Renault powered Sebastian Vettel to a quartet of drivers' titles during Red Bull's most competitive period in F1.<br>However, the relationship soured because of Renault's struggles in the V6 turbo-hybrid era that began in 2014, and ended last year prior to Red Bull's switch to Honda for 2019.<br>Asked by ...

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The team scored a podium in the first race of the season on its debut with Honda engines but finished fourth in the three races that followed.<br>Last year Red Bull introduced a major upgrade package at Barcelona, including revised sidepods, bargeboards and floor, but team boss Christian Horner has suggested it will be smaller this time.<br>"It's fairly subtle and it's just evolution," he said ...

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Gasly suffered a driveshaft failure after charging from the pitlane to sixth, and his stopped car triggered a virtual safety car just as Verstappen was mounting more pressure on Sebastian Vettel.<br>After the VSC period ended, Verstappen struggled with tyre temperatures and fell away from Vettel, but Red Bull had also told him to back off to avoid a potential repeat problem.<br>"We struggled a ...

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The thicker forward leg of the upper elements of the suspension is attached to the upright directly above the rear leg, although the lower wishbone is a more conventional one-piece design.<br>These exclusive drawings, by technical illustrator Giorgio Piola, reveal the detail of Red Bull’s front suspension, with the inset (above) showing the conventional layout.<br><br>Red Bull Racing RB15 Top ...

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Gasly benefited from a huge tow from Lance Stroll's Racing Point to lap quickest in the first part of qualifying in Baku.<br>However, FIA F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer reported that Gasly exceeded the maximum allowed fuel mass flow of 100 kg/h on that lap.<br>He referred the matter to the stewards, who have duly summoned Gasly and his Red Bull team.<br>Daniel Ricciardo exceeded the fuel-flow ...

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The Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly, and the two Toro Rossos, will have use of a new combustion engine in Baku. Honda has described the main benefits of the upgraded V6 as “improved durability, life and better reliability” and “a slight improvement in performance”. <br>Toro Rosso drivers Daniil Kvyat and Alexander Albon had only just moved on to their second engines of the ...

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On the back of an encouraging pre-season testing programme, Marko made it clear that he wanted the Milton Keynes-based outfit to win more races than it achieved last year.<br>That meant the team scoring five victories this campaign, with it having taken four in 2018 when it was partnered with Renault.<br>But with the team needing a step up if it is to be able to take on Mercedes and Ferrari ...

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Red Bull dropped Albon in 2012 but managed to extract the Anglo-Thai from a Nissan Formula E contract last year so it could place him in F1 with its junior team Toro Rosso for 2019. <br>Albon scored his first points in Bahrain but suffered a big crash in final practice in China that forced him to miss qualifying. <br>Mercedes protege and Williams race driver Russell said: “Alex is doing a ...

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After struggling to find a good balance with the car in the opening two grands prix of the season, a breakthrough in the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test helped the Milton Keynes-based outfit make progress in understanding where it had gone wrong before.<br>Having shown promising pace in Shanghai, as Max Verstappen split the Ferraris to take fourth place, Horner says the performance is proof of the ...

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Red Bull's lead driver Max Verstappen had outpaced the struggling Ferraris in Melbourne, but was well off the pace in Bahrain.<br>But despite the new RB15 chassis' patchy form, as well as the two long straights in Shanghai that could expose its new engine partner Honda's remaining deficit to the benchmark power units, Verstappen ended Friday practice in China a strong third, just 0.221s off the ...

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With the Red Bull-Honda relationship having got off to a good start, as Max Verstappen took a podium finish in the Formula 1 season opener in Australia, eyes are already on improving things even more in the future.<br>Rob Marshall, Red Bull's chief engineering officer, says there is already scope for performance to be found simply from better fitting the Honda inside his team's future cars.<br>"We ...

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