Three reasons Red Bull could be ‘nigh on unbeatable’ in F1 2023

Sky Sports F1 pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz believes Red Bull will be “nigh on unbeatable” in 2023 for three reasons. 
Three reasons Red Bull could be ‘nigh on unbeatable’ in F1 2023

Red Bull are looking to build on a dominant 2022 season in which they clinched both world championship titles for the first time since 2013, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen winning a record 15 out of 2♍2 races on his way to sealing a second successive drivers’ crown. 

They are set to face a renewed challenge from a reinvigorated Ferrari, while Mercedes hope their modified W14 challenger can bring 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell back into title contention after a miserable campaign last year.&꧃nbsp;

But Kravitz expects Red Bull to remﷺain the team to beat after 🧜pinpointing three key benefits they

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A lightweight chassis 

Red Bull’s RB19 has soও far been shrouded in mystery but Kravitz has provided some detail aꦕbout their latest challenger. 

Kravitz has claimed Red Bull will finally introduce the l๊ightweight chassis that was rumoured to have been dev✅eloped last season but never raced. 

Weight proved to be one of the few weaknesses o🐼f the RB18 but Red Bull look set to be boosted by a performance gain straig🎃ht out of the blocks. 

“Red Bull will start with the lightweight chassis that they introduced and designed and made we🎶 think but never raced towards the end of the year [2022],” Kravitz said. “They’ll start with that as a base.

“They will develop that, so it will꧙ be underweig🌊ht and they can ballast it up to meet the weight limit.”

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Tuesday.- www.xpbimages.com,
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi,…

Cost cap penalty yet to ‘bite' 

Despite being hit with a 10 percent reduction on their aerodynamic testing allowance as punishment for breaching the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap in 2021, Kravitz said Red Bull won’t feel the fulﷺl impact of their penalty u🌌ntil later in the year, or even 2024. 

"They will have done all the academic work and design before the restrictions they had on the accepted 𝓀breach agreement of their cost cap restrictions came in, their penalty for that,” he explained.

“So they’ve ♋d𓂃one all the work before that even comes in. Towards the end of this year and next year it will start to bite.”

The strongest driver line-up 

(L to R): Race winner Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium with third placed team mate Max Verstappen
(L to R): Race winner Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium with third…

Finally, Kravitzꦜ believes Red Bull boasts the strongest driver line-up on the entire grid🌠, including F1’s most in-form driver, Verstappen. 

Kravitz described the reigning world champion as the🐠 “third part” of Red Bull’s “secret weapon” for success in 2023. 

“They have the best driver on the grid in terms of form at the moment🐲,” he stated, “even considering Lewis Hamilton.

“We haven’t seen the cham💟pionship form of Lewis yet because he hasn’t been in the champ𒁏ionship [fight] since the end of 2021, which we know what happened then.

“Max Verstappen is bang in f🌳orm and I think that is the third part of their secret weapon that should make them nigh on unbeatable.”

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