Red Bull brought the curtain down on F1 2024 launch season with their RB20 reveal, but it seems a major Mercedes-esque design changes looms, while Mercedes’ seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton is set for a strange final season with the team, so says Max Verstappen.
All this and more in your Saturday fix of Formula 1 news…
Since the ground effect regulations were rolled out from 2022, it has become clear that Red Bull’s approach to this F1 era has been the most effective, with Mercedes encountering two seasons of struggle as their unique take on the regulations failed to pay off.
Arguably the most visible aspect of that concept was their unique ‘zeropod’ design, but while the Brackley squad has thrown them on the scrapheap, it is now being reported that Red Bull will unleash a revised take on it for their RB20 as of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Whatever Red Bull is cooking, Mercedes will hope to take the title fight to them in F1 2024, as Hamilton looks to sign off in style with a record-breaking eighth World Championship ahead of joining Ferrari.
However, Hamilton’s 2021 title rival Verstappen feels the coming season will be awkward for the Brit, who “can’t be included into everything anymore” now that he is Ferrari bound.
