After Destroying Lewis Hamilton’s Myths, Red Bull’s Mastermind Gives Another Reality Check to Mercedes

As Red Bull takes great strides and cements its achievements in the history books, their rivals ask critical questions as to how they are doing it so flawlessly. One such question was from Lewis Hamilton about how their DRS was so mighty. And to answer that, RB’s mastermind came forward to squash all of Hamilton’s doubts. He said that all that their DRS does is lower the already low drag, and it is nothing special. To top that off, he has now given Mercedes a bitter reality check.

One of Red Bull’s performance advantages comes from its front suspension design. To get closer to them, arch-rivals Mercedes attempted to do the same and change this integral component. Still, there was no considerable change in their showings. And Pierre Wache, Red Bull‘s Technical Director, has simply laid out the mechanics behind why the Brackley outfit hasn’t been able to match them.

Wache said, in an interview with French newspaper L’Equipe, as quoted by formulapassion, “This year our goal was to increase the braking efficiency of the car. We have also increased the rigidity of our suspensions. It is a key factor in how ground effect works. We, therefore, worked on the arm anchoring points and the stiffness of the springs, which must react when the car brakes.”

Bringing it all together, he explained how important synergy is. He said, “And all this must be done together with the concept of aerodynamics: this suspension must not interfere with the flow but, on the contrary, help it work better. A suspension is only effective because it is part of a concept.”

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Looks like Mercedes missed out on the basics to provide Lewis Hamilton a chance at revival. Nonetheless, the 7-time champion is looking forward to a better post-summer break season.

Despite rising challenges, Lewis Hamilton hopeful for a better 2nd half of 2023

The Belgian GP was a revelation of how quickly Max Verstappen can go. Beating P2 by over 8-tenths in qualifying is an almost-unreal thing to do. And he still did it. He probably even had more in his tank to better that flying lap. While Hamilton was nowhere near that pace, he was optimistic about going into the 2nd half of 2023.

“At the moment, I’m not quite sure we can currently compete with [Red Bull] on race pace,” said Hamilton, at the Belgian GP. “I think there were times in [Hungary] Max was around eight-tenths faster than everyone on a single lap. But never say never.”

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When one has no choice but to keep going, looking at the positive side will always help. Do you feel Hamilton will be able to match Verstappen by the end of 2023?