{"id":25158,"date":"2024-10-12T03:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T07:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=25158"},"modified":"2024-10-12T03:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T07:38:53","slug":"christian-horner-red-bull-wind-tunnel-has-its-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/12\/christian-horner-red-bull-wind-tunnel-has-its-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner: Red Bull wind tunnel “has its limitations”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last six months have seen Red Bull<\/a> fall behind significantly in the development race. McLaren<\/a>, Ferrari<\/a> and – to a lesser extent – Mercedes<\/a> can all be credited with eliminating the RB20’s initial performance advantage. According to Christian Horner, Red Bull’s outdated infrastructure has contributed to this decline.<\/p>\n

Red Bull hopeful that new wind tunnel can make a difference in 2024<\/h2>\n

Aston Martin are perhaps the best example of a team who have invested heavily into their development facilities. Lawrence Stroll’s ambitions of F1 success have led to the construction of new wind tunnels, simulators and factories at the team’s Silverstone factory.<\/p>\n

However, as Aston Martin<\/a> themselves have admitted, facilities are not the only ingredient necessary for success.<\/p>\n

Red Bull have proved this consistently over the past decade, achieving regular success despite having a wind tunnel that was built more than 60 years ago.<\/p>\n

Adrian Newey’s technical teams have historically managed to overcome the inherent limitations of their equipment. With that said, this does not mean improvements can be postponed.<\/p>\n

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