Red Bull and the Newey Era

[RACKITUP]

So with Red Bull's charismatic yet professional persona, its technical superiority over the mid-field and now that it has a taste of podium, what are Red Bull’s chances for the rest of the season and next year?

With a Ferrari Engine, and Newey now on board, I have high expectations for RB, and depending on their drivers line-up, I think RB will be capable of top 3 next year ……

[dumrick]

Aren't people going a bit over the top with Coulthard's lucky podium? Ok, it must be granted to DC a great consistent driving, but the Red Bulls made the slowest fastest laps of the field, excepting for the Super Aguris!
Yes, 19th (DC) and 20th (CK) fastest laps!! Other cars just got stuck behind others, drivers made mistakes, etc...

So, back on topic, I pretty much expect Red Bull to continue struggling in midfield this year. As for next year, I don't believe that a technical director can make that much difference in a team alone, but they have made in the past reasonable cars already...

[jaslfc]

i think monaco is more for mechanical grip and driver performance. i dont think redbull is competitve yet. they say the revised chassis is coming out next race so we can see their potential there. But full credit goes to dc for a good consistent race

[m3_lover]

I would wait until the British GP to see what there potential is, and I thinking also that ferrari might want to see what Newey has done with the RB2 as it both runs on a ferrari engine and Bridgestones

[m3_lover]

My mistake, they run on Michelin's

[kkobayash]

I would wait until the British GP to see what there potential is, and I thinking also that ferrari might want to see what Newey has done with the RB2 as it both runs on a ferrari engine and Bridgestones

im pretty sure RB run on Michelins actually...??

but ye you definitely have to see at British GP where everyone stands, Monaco is too much of a one off to really get nething from it.

[jaslfc]

what bout dc next year? has there anything said bout his contract negotiations?

[Tom]

With a podium and 7pts he should be in next year, Klien will probably be there too though.

[NickT]

Much as I would like to say that this is an upturn in their fortunes, I believe it was DC's driving and race craft that elivated them this weekend. Monaco is one of the few circuits where a driver really can make a difference.

However, I believe there is a Newey designed update for the British GP, which may bring them forward. But I think Mr Newey will then be looking at RB3, so further advances will be incremental.

I think 2007 it where RB will take a step forward, but it will be interesting to see what happens on the engine front, will they still be using Ferrari next year

[RH1300S]

A great result for Red Bull & DC (Good ol' DC keep him in the seat next year guys!).

I don't see any evidence this is a renaissance or anything to do with Newey. Just a solid bit of race driving by DC.

Let's see how the car goes at Silverstone.

Next year there should be a much better picture of what is possible with a Newey car.

[janus]

we can see in monaco that is nothing wrong whidt the mecanical grip of the red bull so the problem must be aerodynamic ..i am expecting a big bust im performance in silverstone i tink red bull is going to be the 4 or 5 mus strong team on the next gp

the fight is 3 mclaren ----- (4 bar , 5red bull)

[zac510]

19th and 20th fastest times, at Monaco and on the podium.

Face it, it was a one off.

I'm not saying they won't ever get up there but Sunday was just mostly luck.

[janus]

I'm not saying that is wa nt a one off but a really think the prob is aerodynamics frist the cooling prob that they add to change whid newey help all tha package had to be change ...so the car started bad maybe now ehid the new update for silverstone they will get mutch better ..i ope that the update is not like the toyota tf106b where the difrences are minimal

[zac510]

Yeah, it would be good to see them on the podium again.