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“We don’t even get to the apex.” – Toto Wolff compares the RB19

Lewis Hamilton Toto Wolff

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is still amazed by the development of the 2023 Red bull car RB19.

Red bull seemed to effortlessly wrap up the 2022 championship season. Max Verstappen secured the Drivers’ title while Red bull conquered the Constructors’ crown after almost a decade.

However, that’s not all to the rise of the Milton Keynes-based squad. Red bull has entered the 2023 season as the favorite. The pre-season testing in Bahrain has also clearly favored the side.

The RB19 has shown considerable pace in the testing and Mercedes’ Toto Wolff is also impressed by it. Wolff went on to compare the RB19 to the Mercedes 2023 challenger W14.

Wolff said: “They brake later, accelerate much earlier and gain an incredible amount of time with better traction. If we approach the corners like this, we don’t even get to the apex.”

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is also concerned about the gap Red bull has over Mercedes this year. Regardless, the seven-time world champion assured that the bouncing issue “is mostly gone” this season. The severe bouncing affected the Silver Arrows a lot last year as they were one of the worst sufferers of the new phenomenon.

“That was an issue last year and a bit this year too,” said the seven-time World Champion.

“The bouncing is mostly gone, sometimes it’s still there, but most of the time it’s not there, which makes things a whole lot better. But we do have some pace to pick up in a straight line.

“We have some things we need to work on, it’s still not perfect and we’re still not able to match the Red Bulls, or the Ferraris, currently.

“Who knows where we’ll be next week, we’ll just try to stay positive.”

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