Why Red Bull Are Still the Most Innovative Team in F1

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Published: March 23, 2014

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It was ominous for the rest of the grid when Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo took an assured second place in the Australian Grand Prix.

This was a team that had been on their knees only two weeks earlier in Bahrain. This was the team that had failed to complete a single lap on the penultimate day of pre-season testing and ran at such a pathetic pace on the final day that they seemed to be running for little more than running’s sake. This was the team that, by their own admission, were two months behind schedule.

Yet when it got serious, when points were on offer, the team in disarray still managed to earn themselves a trip to the podium; the least prepared of the 11 teams still found a way to be second-best when it really mattered.



OK, Ricciardo was disqualified for consistently exceeding the fuel-flow limit, but the claim by Ted Kravitz on Sky Sports F1's The F1 Show that the No. 3 car would still have finished in fifth—the position in which Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, the most successful team in the sport’s history, was provisionally classified—if the team had adhered to the FIA’s recommended pace highlights just how formidable a force Red Bull have become.

The tell-tale sign of a formidable force in sport, of course, is one’s ability to push the limits—not necessarily in terms of personal limits, but the limits of the rules, challenging the conventions and revolutionising long-standing beliefs.

Sebastian Vettel, for example, challenged the conventions surrounding team orders in last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix by overtaking Mark Webber against the wishes of his team. Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher—three of the greatest people to ever drive a Formula One car—all crossed the line at various points in their careers.

That’s the risk of pushing the limits, you see: When you succeed, you’re great...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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