Verstappen drops the hammer: RB20 better than predecessor!

Max Verstappen despatched shivers down the spines of his rivals with an ominous assertion about Pink Bull’s latest weapon: the RB20.

Following Pink Bull and the Dutchman’s banner 2023 marketing campaign, marked by the latter’s 19 wins and third world title, Verstappen is already the clear favourite for 2024.

And his evaluation of the RB20 – and his efficiency on the opening day of testing in Bahrain – solely fuels that fireplace.

“For positive the automotive is healthier than final yr’s automotive, however I believe everybody on the grid has a greater automotive than final yr,” Verstappen mentioned.

“The crew believes with how the automotive is in the mean time there may be extra potential to search out. That is now for us to unlock.”

Verstappen’s final remark is probably essentially the most chilling because it means that the RB20 may simply be the tip of the iceberg.

Pink Bull has room for enchancment, and with their monitor report of innovation and improvement, unlocking that potential might be devastating for the competitors.

Pink Bull wasn’t afraid to shake issues up for the 2024 season. Choosing a daring new automotive idea, they aimed to remain forward of the ever-evolving competitors.

Requested if he was shocked to see his crew, which had been such a dominant drive final season, push the boundaries with the design of its RB20, Verstappen mentioned: “Properly, on the time I wasn’t even too involved with that to be trustworthy.

“I noticed the drawings and thought, ‘So, that appears good’, however truthfully I used to be considering extra in regards to the upcoming holidays on the time!

“Ultimately, it does not matter what the automotive seems like both. However what I do like rather a lot in regards to the crew is that they have not been conservative, and that they’ve pushed the bounds once more by altering the idea.”

Pink Bull’s investigation of the zero-sidepod design method unsuccessfully exploited by Mercedes has added a stunning twist to the RB20’s idea.

Verstappen is clearly unfazed by the comparability, emphasizing his religion in his crew’s personal imaginative and prescient of the daring sidepod conception.

“I absolutely belief what the individuals in our technical crew are doing,” he mentioned. “They’re assured that that is higher than all the pieces else that they’ve examined within the wind tunnel over the winter.

“So long as it really works, I do not even care what the automotive seems like.”

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