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Local officials in Zandvoort have given Red Bull and sister team AlphaTauri the green light to use a two-mile stretch of beach within the Noordvoort reserve to avoid traffic delays en route to the circuit over the race weekend. The first Dutch Grand Prix since 1985 is set to attract large crowd numbers amid significant local interest in Max Verstappen, creating the possibility for delays getting ...

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The front wing has undergone numerous alterations, as the team looks to skew how much of it is devoted to downforce generation and stability and how much is focused on containing the turbulence created by the front wheels.<br><br>Red Bull Racing RB16 front wing<br>Photo by: Giorgio Piola<br><br>There are changes to the way in which the flapped section connects to the neutral section, with the ...

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In this video using Giorgio Piola's illustrations, we delve into the intricacies of its suspension, which includes moving its multi-link design from the upper wishbone to the bottom one. All changes have allowed the nose to be designed much narrower than previously, giving aerodynamic benefits.<br>It's a solution that the team hopes will bring it success in 2020, but one that harks back to a ...

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With the performance of the new RB16 having looked strong in the opening week of pre-season testing, Red Bull’s hopes of battling for the championship will be boosted if it does not face grid penalties for using more than three power units.<br>Following a winter where Honda has completed more dyno mileage than ever before, hopes are high that everything is on target to get through the season ...

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Global car manufacturers are facing tough business conditions because of regulatory clampdowns on the number and type of petrol and diesel cars they can sell.<br>The legislation is forcing them to embark on a push towards electric vehicles where the investment required is huge and profit margins are much less.<br>The situation is further complicated by governments worldwide trying to outlaw the ...

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Red Bull’s RB15 was a demanding car for its drivers to master, but did score three wins with Max Verstappen during the 2019 campaign.<br>Albon, who is starting his first full season with Red Bull after being promoted from Toro Rosso mid-way through 2019, offered his thoughts on the new RB16 after setting the 13th-quickest overall time in the first pre-season test at Barcelona earlier this ...

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Its rival Red Bull has interestingly made a big change to its front suspension in a bid to try to close the deficit it has had to Mercedes in slow corners.<br>As Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said when asked by Motorsport.com: "The Mercedes were good in that low-speed performance last year and that's one area that we needed to improve.<br>"I think that we have made steps – and of ...

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Ferrari made a low-key start to testing on Wednesday with the eighth fastest time on the opening day, where it was behind both Mercedes – which topped the times with Lewis Hamilton's 1m16.976s – and Red Bull.<br>Sebastian Vettel was able to set a lap 0.2 seconds faster than Hamilton on day two, but he was still adrift of Alexander Albon's effort for Red Bull, and so far on the final day of the ...

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Daruvala, a former Force India protege, will partner fellow F3 graduate and Red Bull junior Yuki Tsunoda at Carlin, which becomes the 10th team to confirm its full F2 roster for the coming season.<br>"I’m very proud to be going into the season as a Red Bull junior which will of course be added pressure but I believe I have the platform to deliver, so it’s going to be up to me," Daruvala ...

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The Dutchman ended the opening day of action at Barcelona fourth overall in the standings, just more than half a second adrift of pace-setter Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes, but seemed bullish about his first experience of the RB16.<br>"The car is fast everywhere, which is a good thing," said Verstappen about his first impressions of the car.<br>"And the reliability seems even better, so that is ...

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The first thing that draws the eye is the radical new nose solution, which takes inspiration from all corners of the grid and composes them on a scale that only it seems able to achieve... <br>Radical nose tip<br><br>Red Bull Racing RB16 nose detail<br>Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool<br><br>The double open-ended snout is straight from its own playbook, having used a similar design over the last ...

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In particular, there appears to have been a lot of work in the nose area to try to better optimise airflow in this area of the car.<br>Red Bull has tried various solutions here over the years, but for 2020 it has taken things on a step further than before – even though it is hard to understand their design fully from just the one picture available.<br>Looking closely at the tip of the nose, the ...

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Red Bull's new Honda-powered challenger, the RB16, has been showcased online ahead of its first shakedown run at Silverstone later on Wednesday.<br>Unlike last year, when its car was first showcased in a red camo livery, Red Bull has opted to display the RB16 in its traditional colours.<br>The new car will be campaigned by Max Verstappen, who has signed a new deal that will keep him at Red Bull ...

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Red Bull announced last month that Verstappen had signed a new three-year contract, committing him to the team until the end of the 2023 season and ending any speculation of a switch away.<br>The Dutchman's previous contract expired at the end of the 2020 season, with seats free at both Mercedes and Ferrari for 2021.<br>Speaking at a Red Bull media event in London, Verstappen said that while he ...

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The Milton Keynes-based team has set its sights on challenging Mercedes and Ferrari for the world championship this year, after a promising first season with Honda engines in 2019.<br>But it knows that to do so, it must be in a position to challenge for wins from the first race of the season.<br>That is something it has struggled to do in the past when it has sometimes faced difficulties at the ...

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Red Bull’s newest Honda-powered challenger, the RB16, will be showcased on February 12 as it completes its shakedown run at British Grand Prix venue Silverstone.<br>This will be on the same day as Renault’s 2020 launch in Paris, and a day after Ferrari kicks off the ‘launch season’ with its presentation.<br>Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon will campaign the RB16, as Red Bull enters the ...

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Leclerc will head into his third F1 season in 2020, having taken two wins and seven pole positions in his first campaign as a Ferrari driver last year.<br>He had remained unsigned by an F1 team in the early years of his junior career until 2016, before taking back-to-back championships in GP3 and F2 after joining the Ferrari junior programme.<br>Marko has no regrets about the current state of the ...

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Despite Red Bull having moved Gasly to Toro Rosso after a disappointing first half to last season, the way in which the Frenchman recovered and took a sensational podium finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix left the team and Marko deeply impressed.<br>"It was a blossoming that was incredible," said Marko in an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com. "There, you can see what psychology is all ...

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The Grove-based outfit has announced the appointments of David Worner and Jonathan Carter, as it continues the restructuring of its tech department in the wake of a series of high-profile departures over the past two seasons.<br>This included the likes of Dirk De Beer and Ed Wood, and culminated in the exit of tech chief Paddy Lowe during the team's disastrous 2019 season.<br>New signings Worner ...

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The energy drink giant has long placed an emphasis on homegrown talent in signing drivers for its main F1 outfit and the junior team, which will be known in 2020 as AlphaTauri.<br>A shortage of F1-ready drivers in its junior scheme two years ago led to Red Bull signing Brendon Hartley, who had left its programme back in 2010 and had subsequently won the Le Mans 24 Hours and the World Endurance ...

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With the Milton Keynes-based outfit having enjoyed an encouraging first year of a new partnership with Honda in 2019, ambitions have ramped up for the campaign ahead with it targeting a fight for title glory.<br>Marko says that with Mercedes remaining such a strong force in F1, Red Bull cannot afford to be playing catch up in performance or points terms if it does not hit the ground running from ...

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Between 2010 and 2013, Red Bull won four constructors' titles and four drivers' championships with Sebastian Vettel, who at the end of '13 equalled Alberto Ascari's record of nine consecutive grand prix wins.<br>However, no Red Bull driver has come to even within 100 points of the title since the hybrid era began the following year.<br>Despite this, Verstappen - who has won eight races for Red ...

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The former Scuderia Toro Rosso matched its best ever constructors' championship finish with sixth place, while both Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly secured podium finishes in high attrition races.<br>With both Red Bull and Toro Rosso using the same Honda power unit – after diverging in 2018 when the Italian team first went to Honda – last season the two organisations shared more components than ...

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