- 08 Jun 11, 18:31#259775I think there is more to Redbull speed than just the exhaust
Yeah. People are misguidedly assuming this ban will completely cripple Red Bull. No one has any way of knowing that without the actual figures showing the effect of the car losing that technology, so we can only wait and see. That article is pure speculation. I mean, i could write that it'll mean Red Bull would be even further ahead and it'll adversely affect the other teams far more, and there'd be no basis to argue against it.
I doubt that the loss would be less to Red Bull than to other teams, after all you know Newey is likely getting more bang out of the exhaust than other teams given where the Red Bull is. Perhaps they may feel it most in qualifying. Who knows though, but regardless of where things wind up, I think more teams will gain relative to the Red Bulls than will lose. I just think they should leave it be and address it for next year's rules as they did with the F-duct.
But the point is, how do you actually know any of that. You don't... it's all assumption, with no real basis.
As for qualifying, my own assumption is that DRS is a far, far bigger factor given the nature it's usage in qualifying and the race and how Red Bull's pace has compared in those sessions.
Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??