While Red Bull could always rely on a strong chassis in recent years, it was different at the beginning of this year. The cars behaved very nervous, only performed very well in a very narrow window. Max Verstappen knew and knows better to get around those shortcomings than his teammate Alexander Albon, but Red Bull had to work, that much was clear.
Red Bull has already partly succeeded in making the RB16 more predictably responsive to driver input, but development is continuing steadily. At Spa-Francorchamps, where the Belgian Grand Prix is held, the team is introducing a new upgrade.
“That should ensure noticeable progress in the chassis area”, Helmut Marko said in conversation with Car, motor and sport. What can also work to the advantage of Red Bull is that they drive there with the same tires (C2, C3 and C4) as the second race at Silverstone, so far the only race that Max Verstappen has won this season.
With the updates Red Bull hopes to further close the gap to Mercedes, but they will have to come from a good family, as Mercedes is also taking some new parts to the Belgian Ardennes, updates that go beyond just modified wings for the high speeds of Spa. Francorchamps and Monza. “These are performance updates.”
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