Red Bull admit they won’t make weight with major Spanish GP upgrade.
Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has confirmed that the upgrade his team are bringing to the Spanish Grand Prix will not quite enable them to reach their “minimum weight.”
15 May 2022
by Rob Kershaw

The Milton Keynes side are said to have lost up to 5kg with the changes they made ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix a few weeks ago, and it has helped Max Verstappen to two wins on the trot in Imola and Miami.

The Austrian outfit looked quicker than Ferrari in both of those races, and that is despite still not managing to get their weight down to the 798kg limit set by the FIA. While they are starting to get there, Dr Marko confirms that they will need to wait until after the Spanish Grand Prix before they do.

“We plan our updates in such a way that we always lose weight with each update, because unfortunately we still haven’t reached the minimum weight and we won’t quite reach it with the next update either,” he told Motorsport-Total.com.

‘Waiting to get to the minimum weight, 798Kg’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/red-bull-...sh-gp-upgrade/


Newey doesn’t agree that ‘things are looking pretty good’ for Verstappen and Red Bull
Red Bull Racing claimed their second win in a row after Max Verstappen stormed to victory at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix.
14 May 2022
by Nick Golding

Verstappen performed brilliantly on Sunday at the Miami International Autodrome, following a somewhat disappointing qualifying. The Dutchman missed out on the majority of Friday practice, after suffering yet more reliability issues. A mistake on his final Q3 lap saw the reigning champion qualify in third, behind both Ferraris.

With Red Bull appearing to have the fastest car this season, Newey was asked on the F1 Nation podcast if “things are looking pretty good” for the team. “It’s so close, you really can’t say that,” he said.

“We’ve only got to look back at last season, [and] the few races where we had some pretty good, dominant wins – Austria, Mexico – and then the next race it swings around. You really can’t be relaxed at this point, that’s for sure.”

‘So close, can’t be relaxed’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/newey-doe...-and-red-bull/


Horner: Very hard to bring continuous development
16 May, 2022
Jad Mallak

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner revealed that continuous car development during the 2022 Formula 1 season is very hard due to the cost cap and current inflation. The Briton was reviewing his team’s campaign so far in 2022 after Miami, while looking ahead to the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.

Horner was quoted by F1’s official website saying: “You saw in Imola how quickly things can move around and I think we’ve got some interesting races coming up. The car’s running well. We’ve got some developments coming hopefully later in the summer that will help as well. We need to save a little bit of weight.”

“You can always improve everywhere,” he added. “We need to improve the slow [corner] stuff, we need to lose a couple of kilos off the car; tyre deg is then the result of weight so it’s all those little incremental gains that you’re always chasing.”

‘Continual Incremental Development’;

https://www.grandprix247.com/2022/05...s-development/


Verstappen rates Perez's performances amid Red Bull renewal talk
‎14‎ ‎May‎ ‎16‎:‎10
Author Luke Murphy
Co-author Dieter Rencken

Max Verstappen has given his backing to teammate Sergio Perez, who is in the process of negotiating an extension to his Red Bull contract. After the Miami Grand Prix, Perez revealed that he and Red Bull have commenced talks over a new contract for the 2023 season.

When asked about Perez's performances this season, Verstappen believed Red Bull were happy with his teammate's efforts, noting that Perez appeared more comfortable in the car since the regulation changes at the start of the campaign.

"It seems like he's a lot happier in the car, so that's really good for the team," Verstappen told media, including RacingNews365.com. "Of course, I think it helps to have a year with the team, and I think the new rule changes also helped, because everyone had to start from zero."

‘Sergio Perez Performances Rated’;

https://racingnews365.com/verstappen...l-renewal-talk


Verstappen urges Red Bull to resolve 'hit and miss' reliability.
Max Verstappen has called on Red Bull to continue to focus on the reliability issues that have hampered their 2022 championship campaign.
Author Luke Murphy
Co-author Dieter Rencken

Despite Verstappen's victories in Saudi Arabia, Imola and Miami, retirements in Bahrain and Australia have resulted in a 19-point deficit in the Drivers' Championship to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. The race-winning weekend at the Miami International Autodrome also suffered an early setback with hydraulics issues in Friday practice, which threatened to reduce his chances of victory.

Verstappen's Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez, also suffered a sensor issue partway through the race en route to fourth place, hampering his efforts to take the final podium position. "We're still having a few issues that we have to solve," Verstappen told media, including RacingNews365.com.

"We are quick but, as you could see, my Friday was terrible, which is not great if you want to have a good weekend. Also Checo [Perez] had a few issues in the race, so we have to be on top of that. Clearly there is a lot of potential and we just need to make sure it's reliable."

‘Lot of potential, need to solve reliability’;

https://racingnews365.com/verstappen...ss-reliability


Horner reveals "brutal" factor in F1 upgrade race
Friday 13 May 2022 07:00
Ewan Gale

Whilst the new regulations have seen radical changes for every team on the grid, Red Bull has had another headache to contend with. The Milton Keynes-based outfit was known for its extreme rake angle during the previous generation of F1 with the front of the car pointed into the track surface and the rear wing sat up in the air.

Yet ground-effect aerodynamics dictates low-running, low-rake designs, adding to Red Bull's understanding period. "Obviously it is very different this year with the set-up," explained Horner.

"We are running... there is no rake in the car essentially. We have developed a car that has good straight-line speed and we have seen that at pretty much every race this year."

‘Car with no rake’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/82...-upgrade-race/


Christian Horner predicts Verstappen v Leclerc could go down to the wire
Published: 16 May 2022, 12:47
By George Dagless

Red Bull’s Christian Horner has said that the fight between his team and Ferrari and their drivers could go down to the wire, similarly to 2021. “Look, there is a long, long way to go and it is so tight with Ferrari. There has been some great racing,” said Horner.

“You can see there is a great respect between Charles and Max, they are enjoying racing each other, you can see that. I was rather hoping we weren’t set for another competitive year like last year but it looks like this one could well go all the way as well.”

It’s proving a very exciting battle between the two drivers at the moment and another battle between them is very possible this weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix.

‘Going down to the wire’;

https://www.givemesport.com/88008552...wn-to-the-wire