{"id":17866,"date":"2024-01-05T05:25:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=17866"},"modified":"2024-01-05T05:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:40:34","slug":"max-verstappen-red-bull-can-improve-these-areas-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/01\/05\/max-verstappen-red-bull-can-improve-these-areas-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen: Red Bull can improve these areas in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen is confident Red Bull can unlock more performance in 2024, outlining key areas where time can be gained.<\/h3>\n

Red Bull heads into the 2024 season with a comfortable advantage over their rivals, thanks to the seemingly bullet-proof RB19. However, the Austrian team knows better than to rest on its laurels.<\/p>\n

For obvious reasons, many in the F1 world<\/a> expect another Championship-winning season from Christian Horner’s team.<\/p>\n

Without a major regulation change, it seems reasonable to expect Red Bull to fight at the front again.<\/p>\n

However, this assumption is not one that the reigning Champions can afford. There are several things in place that could limit their chances of victory next season.<\/p>\n

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Some of these obstacles are now in-built mechanisms of Formula 1, including the budget cap and wind tunnel restrictions.<\/a><\/p>\n

With less wind tunnel time than rivals,<\/a> Adrian Newey and Pierre Wache’s technical team has little margin for error.<\/p>\n

According to Max Verstappen, however, there are clear areas where improvements can be found:<\/p>\n

“It’s difficult to tell, but of course, we are also working on our car to try and make it better,” PlanetF1 quotes<\/a> him as saying.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I think we know our weaknesses as well in the car, and that’s what we’ll try to work on…<\/em><\/p>\n

“Look at our race weekend in Singapore. In general, on street circuits, I think we are struggling a bit more – like in Vegas also.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Low-speed is definitely not our strongest point in the car. Bumps, kerbs as well. so that’s definitely an area where we can improve.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Verstappen identified these areas relatively early last year and still maintains them as a weakness.<\/p>\n

Of course, what constitutes “weaknesses” for Red Bull is very different to what rivals would define. However, it is clear that Red Bull’s advantage generally declines at street venues.<\/p>\n

At the Monaco GP, for example, it took a herculean final sector for the Dutchman to claim Pole Position.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the more concerning event was Las Vegas, where Max Verstappen found himself overtaken by Charles Leclerc late into his first stint.<\/p>\n

Without Sainz’s grid penalty and the timing of the safety car, Red Bull might not have won that race.<\/p>\n

This isn’t to say that Red Bull<\/a> will be overly concerned by these examples. Overall, their performance last year was near-perfect.<\/p>\n

However, Formula 1 is not a sport that rewards complacency.<\/p>\n

This was reflected in Max Verstappen’s relentless approach even after claiming the Championship – and will surely reflect in Red Bull’s development for 2024.<\/p>\n

Having started work on the RB20 relatively early last year, it seems safe to expect notable progression from the reigning Champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen is confident Red Bull can unlock more performance in 2024, outlining key areas where time can be gained. Red Bull heads into the 2024 season with a comfortable advantage over their rivals, thanks to the seemingly bullet-proof RB19. However, the Austrian team knows better than to rest on its laurels. For obvious reasons, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":17867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,68,23,79,78],"class_list":["post-17866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-max-verstappen","tag-red-bull-racing"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}