Simulator secrets spilled about sensational Red Bull RB20’s gains
"‘How did you do 🤪that?’ That is the question. Where di💙d those ideas come from?"

The Red Bull RB20 𒆙was already showing proof last year in the simulator that it would be even quicker t⛦han 2023’s car.
Red Bull have obliterated their competition in the first two grands prix of this year, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen winning both and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez finishing second in both.
Liam Lawson, the Red Bull junior who impressed for sister team AlphaTauri last year, has shared the secre🥂ts which he discovered about the 🦄RB20.
“I wa🤡s pretty aware that it’d𓂃 be competitive,” he told the .
“There is always talk and hype over the offseason about๊ teams coming cl💫oser.
“Everyone is developing but, at the end of the day, when everyone cat♍ches up, Red Bull are developing and moving away at the same time.
“Last year, wheಌn we did some of the development for the car, I did time in the simulator. I knew the performance gains that were coming.
“I knew the car was already winning at that point. If you’re finding time in the sim for next year’s ca♋r you know it will be ওeven quicker.
“It was a pretty good indicat♛or that it would be good.🦩 But honestly, not this good!”

Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz is in awe of the RB20.
“I didn’t get to see prolong🌃ed shots on TV, my job keeps me in the pitlane,” he said. “I saw it in testing on TV monitors.
“Even 🦩on a not-very-good TV to study what they were doing, the who❀le package of the RB20 makes more sense to me now.
“I focused on the vertical inlets and the F18 🍷Concorde-style air intakes under the crash structure.
“The more 𓄧it makes sense. But it’s a red herring. Yes, they a🙈re cool.
“Bu൲t it’s all just to make the mother and father of all undercuts underneath that sidepod, and on top of the floor.
“I’d love to see the bottom of the floor. Hopefully for Max꧂ and Checo’s sake the♐y don’t have a crash so we don’t get pictures.
“It must have been an area of huge develo𒐪pment, as well.
“The more you look at the 🅺RB20, the more it makes ౠsense.”
Confidence in their extraordinary car means Verstappen and Perez are able to deliver theꦦir best drives, as aꦛ result.
Kravitz said: “That stable an👍d efficient aero platform leads to more optimised tyre wear. Max said it is really good on tyre wear.
“It is a car for all tracks, all conditions.”
The𒐪 RB20 initially shocked onl💎ookers at its unveiling after apparently following a different concept to last year’s car, which dominated the F1 championship.
Kravitz said: “It is such a good car. I am waiting t♏o sit down with Adrian Newey, Ben W꧃aterhouse, Pierre Wache to say ‘how did you do that?’
“That is the question. Wh𝓀ere did thos▨e ideas come from?
“Wasไ it just to get the huge undercut? Moving the cooling and sidepod entry was just to allow for that.
“‘I want this massive undercut where I can basically put my🔯 suitcase in it, because it’s so big!’
“How are we going to do that? You can’t put the sidepods there🃏, the cooling there… so let’s move that.
“A hugely impressive car.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fro෴m American sportsꦅ, to football, to F1.