Rudy van Buren, a simulation driver for Red Bull Racing for some time and behind the scenes an important part of the team’s success in 2022 and 2023, was not aware of the change in concept that the RB20 has faced. .
During the presentation of the RB20 it was not yet clearly visible and Red Bull hid it well, but during the test days it became clear that Red Bull had opted for a concept with ‘zeropods’, a variant of the concept, with the 2024 car. with which Mercedes had gone wrong in 2023. According to Toto Wolff, it will mainly be the floor that will be the deciding factor, just like with all other teams, but the Austrian still thought it was a daring decision.
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Van Buren about concept RB20
In the Op1 program of the NPO, Van Buren sheds light on Red Bull Racing’s new concept. However, Van Buren did not know that such a major change had been made. “Well, you hear things. Only, in my position: I drive the simulator and I don’t see what the car looks like. I sit in the car and I see the front wheels, but I don’t see what shape the car is. has.” Van Buren was therefore unaware that Red Bull’s sidepods were going to change drastically. “With the presentation [van de RB20] I saw it for the first time as well as all of you. Only: I know what it’s like to drive a car.”
RB20 better than RB19?
During the test days, Red Bull immediately drove a lot of kilometers, the reliability looked good and Verstappen certainly did not have much to complain about the car. Van Buren himself felt this in the simulation. “The car is strong. It is a new composition, the car looks different. It is strong again, that’s how I can describe the car better. This became apparent during the test days, Max [Verstappen] sounds happy. Checo [Pérez] sounds happy.”
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