Why Red Bull Is Under Most Pressure Ahead of 2nd F1 Test in Barcelona

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Published: February 16, 2015

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Sebastian Vettel may have fled to join Ferrari, but his influence, it seems, remains at Red Bull.

When the RB11 chassis was unveiled on the opening morning of the first pre-season test over a fortnight ago, the car's colour scheme was arguably more striking than any of its technical details.

The team's camouflage testing livery, of course, is intended to disguise the magic of the 2015 machine, the last Red Bull to be created by Adrian Newey, the legendary designer.

But Christian Horner, the team principal, claimed that there was an added reason behind the paint job, telling Sky Sports' Pete Gill that it was inspired by a helmet design worn by Vettel at last year's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the home race of Ferrari.



Quite why an outfit would choose to honour a driver who over the winter had become one of their biggest enemies is anyone's guess—one suspects you'd never find Ferrari running a tribute to Fernando Alonso on their front wing—and the ploy served to highlight the contrasting fortunes of the team and their former driver at Jerez.

While a revitalised Vettel made the best possible first impression at his new team—finishing at the top of the time sheets on both days behind the wheel of the F15-T and receiving a round of applause from his mechanics—Red Bull were left to tackle the kind of issues which have become irritatingly familiar over the last 12 months.



Although this year's opening test hardly came close to matching the disaster that was the 2014 Jerez test—the team completed just 21 laps in total, as per the official Formula One website, before heading home early on the final day—Red Bull's poor showing at the Spanish circuit leaves the four-time world champions with most to prove ahead of this week's second test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

As per Formula1.com, Red Bull were the second-worst t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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