Red Bull technical director explains why “I'm not confident for '25”

“I'm noꦛt confident because I think the others are very quick"

RB20
RB20

Red Bull’s te🐷chnical director is “not confident” fo🅰r next season - but insists his attitude will benefit the team.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen wrapped up his fourth F1 drivers’ championship in ♏a row but Red B𝓡ull have come under huge pressure from McLaren this season, the dominance of last year vanishing.

McL🐭aren and Ferrari have overhauled﷽ Red Bull in the constructors’ championship.

Ultimately, Red Bull’s🥃 strong start to 2024 was key to Verstappen withstanding Lando Norris’ challenge to win the drivers’ titl💎e.

Technical director Pierre Wache told abo🃏ut the recent improvement to the RB20: “I think we are happy with what we have done quickly.

But Wache said: “I'm not confident for '25.

“I'm n𓃲ot confident because I think the others are very quick or are♌ there. It will be a fight for the full year.”

The man 🅷in charge of developing Red Bull’s 2025 car - who will have extra scrutiny on hi🌠m due to Adrian Newey’s exit - believes his mentality will serve the team well.

“If you have confღidence in this business, you are dead,” he said.

“You have to work hard, and🥂 everybody has to, in the team, work hard. Ever😼ybody's working hard.

“When you see the 🦹number of people we have trying to find a very small amount of performance and add and ad💦d and add everywhere, it is a very difficult task.

“I have a lack of conf🍷idence, because if I have confidence, you go to sleep, you don't go to work, and then you don't find performance.”

Verstappen endured a shock 🎐10-race winless run as Norris threatened to pi♕p him to the title.

But Wache now ꦏknows the moment that they understood the RB20’s issues.

“💮I think clearly Monza was a key point and a wake-up point on our side,” he said.

“It highlighted 🎃some issue on the car that we didn't see before... or we saw, but we suspected and guessed.”

Next year, McLaren, Ferrari and 🤡Mercedes will ♌hope to test Red Bull’s resolve.

Newey, meanwhile, will begin work at Aston Martin whose longer💯-term goal is to develop the best car for the 2026 rules.

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