Christian Horner is assured that resolving Crimson Bull’s trip points with its RB20 could be achieved with out sacrificing the automotive’s aerodynamic effectivity.
The championship successful workforce hit a roadblock final month in Monaco, the place the tight and twisty road circuit uncovered a weak spot in its automotive’s dealing with, significantly over kerbs and bumps.
The difficulty was much less extreme however nonetheless current across the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal final weekend the place Max Verstappen claimed his sixtieth profession win in F1.
The offender of the RB20’s dealing with problems resides within the automotive’s aerodynamic design which requires very stiff suspension settings, a low compliance that leads to a much less forgiving trip for its drivers and sudden instability over bumps and kerbs.
Whereas the workforce is actively engaged on an answer to mitigate the problem, a fast repair appears unlikely.
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Nonetheless, Horner believes there’s a solution to rectify the automotive’s trip high quality with out compromising its aerodynamic prowess.
And the Briton took encouragement within the RB20’s robust efficiency in Montreal’s closing sector regardless of the presence of some excessive kerbs, particularly on the closing chicane.
“All of it has to work in tandem, so you’re pushing the aerodynamic platform of the automotive, however you need the automotive to trip kerbs,” commented Horner, quoted by Motorsport.com.
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“What was encouraging was that our sector three this weekend was aggressive, even with the stiffness of the automotive rattling over that final chicane.
“In the event you look all through the working, we have been very aggressive there. So, regardless of it being uncomfortable, we have been nonetheless capable of be fast sufficient.
“I feel there may be real efficiency there so if we will unlock that, then we’ll see it release lap time.
“We perceive what our points are, and it was a terrific restoration from Monaco a few weeks in the past. To win a race like that was a really rewarding and large one to win.”
Whereas additionally inspired by Crimson Bull’s capability to grasp its trip points, Verstappen famous that the issue was considerably mitigated within the Canadian Grand Prix as a result of observe situations that compelled drivers to keep away from the circuit’s kerbs.
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“I actually assume that we will clear up this with out influencing some other a part of the automotive,” mentioned the Dutchman.
“Right this moment, it is extra like, what kerb driving, as a result of I felt that was non-existent within the race.
“We all know that it is a weak spot and I additionally know that we’re flat out engaged on it to attempt to repair it, as a result of I actually really feel prefer it’s fairly an enormous efficiency limitation for us in the intervening time.
“Then, after all, naturally, I am additionally trying ahead to some tracks possibly the place we do not really want to take too many kerbs or too many bumps.”
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