Australian Grand Prix 2011: How the "Drinks Company" Won in Melbourne

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Published: March 28, 2011

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As the 2011 Australian Grand Prix winner, Sebastian Vettel, drove the victory lap around Melbourne’s Albert Park Street Circuit, he exclaimed to his team over the radio, “Excellent car! Excellent stops!”

It’s that simple, or that complicated!

Red Bull stuck to the basics and continued with their formula that won them the 2010 Drivers’ and Constructors’ championships. Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey designed another world-beater in the RB7 that excelled during pre-season testing, and even led other teams to admit that it was half of a second faster than the second-best.

Red Bull got enough mileage under the RB7, and topped the timesheets in most of the rounds of testing. While other teams tested with low fuel loads, Red Bull continued with their policy of testing with medium-to-high fuel load. And they still came out on top.

This itself would have been enough to worry the opposition.

One of the sizeable kinks in the armour of the RB7’s predecessor—the RB6—was its reliability. Last season saw Red Bull lose out on valuable points due to its inability to match the consistency of rivals like Ferrari. Glimpses of that were seen in Melbourne in Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber’s car. The Australian underperformed during qualifying, and had a mediocre race. It became evident that something was wrong with the car after Webber immediately parked it after crossing the finish line in fifth. 

However, an area where Ferrari clearly lost out to Red Bull is strategy.

Yes, we’ve had the Hockenheims and the Austrias where Ferrari has manipulated race results. But when it comes to pure strategy in terms of pit stops, tires, etc., Red Bull clearly has outperformed their rival lately. The season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year is a fitting example where Red Bull clinched the championship from Ferrari due to their optimiz...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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