F1 News: Red Bull Confirms Move To 2024 RB20 Car

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner confirms a shift of focus to 2024.

Red Bull team chief Christian Horner has confirmed that they have moved their focus to the 2024 RB20 car.

The Austrian team has dominated the 2023 season so far, winning all eleven races. They are leading the constructors' championship with an insane lead of 229 points on Mercedes who is currently in second position. 

Speaking at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Horner confirmed that the team are now looking ahead to 2024, as quoted by Motorsport.com.

"With the handicap that we have [wind tunnel penalty], we have to really swing our focus over to next year, because we have a significant deficit of wind tunnel time compared to our competitors, and we have to be very selective in how we use it.

"We have that [cost cap] penalty until October this year, so particularly in terms of the amount of runs that you can do per week, we're significantly down compared to second and third place.

"And we are massively down once you get back to teams that are fourth or fifth. And if you compare McLaren's amount of runs they can do in a wind tunnel versus ourselves, it's a huge, huge difference.

"So, of course, we have to be very, very selective in the running that we're doing. And that's why the engineering team back in Milton Keynes are doing an incredible job in the way that they're effectively and efficiently developing the car."

Red Bull brought significant upgrades to the RB19 for the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, Horner confirmed that there will only be track specific small upgrades coming for the rest of the season. He continued:

"We will have a few circuit-specific things but nothing that hasn't been done already and committed to R&D."

Although other teams are making significant gains such as McLaren who has celebrated podium finishes in the last two races, Red Bull still look untouchable for the 2023 season.