Red Bull to skip opening pre-season test - Autosport
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Interesting, are they struggling or wanting see what everyone else has first? Seems strange that an established team with Newey could possibly struggling with 2010 car
Red Bull Racing is to skip the first of the official pre-season Formula 1 tests next month, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
The Milton Keynes-based outfit is set to become the only established outfit that will not have its new car ready for the first test that takes place in Valencia from February 1-3.
It has decided to wait until the second test at Jerez the following week to run its new Renault-engined RB6 for the first time - which will leave it with just 12 test days before the opening race of the season in Bahrain on March 14.
Red Bull Racing's move, which it says is designed to give it more time in the wind tunnel, marks a repeat of what the team did in 2009 - when it also missed the first test.
Team principal Christian Horner told AUTOSPORT: "As in 2009, we have elected not to run at the first test with the new car, so we will join at the second test."
Horner claimed that the move would give chief technical officer Adrian Newey an extra nine days of design and production time for the car that it hopes will help it win the world title in 2010.
"It's to optimise the time in the wind tunnel as much as possible," said Horner. "Obviously the car is much more of an evolution of the 2009 car rather than the clean sheet of regulations that we had for last season.
"But even so, with the refuelling change, we've opted to give our designers as much time as possible."
Horner said it was 'unlikely' that the team would take its 2009 car, the RB5, to the first Valencia test.
Red Bull Racing is to skip the first of the official pre-season Formula 1 tests next month, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
The Milton Keynes-based outfit is set to become the only established outfit that will not have its new car ready for the first test that takes place in Valencia from February 1-3.
It has decided to wait until the second test at Jerez the following week to run its new Renault-engined RB6 for the first time - which will leave it with just 12 test days before the opening race of the season in Bahrain on March 14.
Red Bull Racing's move, which it says is designed to give it more time in the wind tunnel, marks a repeat of what the team did in 2009 - when it also missed the first test.
Team principal Christian Horner told AUTOSPORT: "As in 2009, we have elected not to run at the first test with the new car, so we will join at the second test."
Horner claimed that the move would give chief technical officer Adrian Newey an extra nine days of design and production time for the car that it hopes will help it win the world title in 2010.
"It's to optimise the time in the wind tunnel as much as possible," said Horner. "Obviously the car is much more of an evolution of the 2009 car rather than the clean sheet of regulations that we had for last season.
"But even so, with the refuelling change, we've opted to give our designers as much time as possible."
Horner said it was 'unlikely' that the team would take its 2009 car, the RB5, to the first Valencia test.
Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Tuesday 12th January 12:08
CampDavid said:
TonyHetherington said:
Well it didn't do them any harm in 2009 
The car didn't really perform for the first few races, I think it screwed them up a little bit. It may also take them a little longer to find out that Newey hasn't provided enough cooling for the engine again 
CampDavid said:
I'd imagine Red Bull are going to design more around the twin defuser, ditching the "s
tting dog" look of the last car so it will be a total clean sheet from the cockpit back
maybe ye, looking forward to seeing what they come up with. Didn't harm them too much in 09, missing that first test.tting dog" look of the last car so it will be a total clean sheet from the cockpit backWanta996Gotta said:
CampDavid said:
TonyHetherington said:
Well it didn't do them any harm in 2009
The car didn't really perform for the first few races, I think it screwed them up a little bit. It may also take them a little longer to find out that Newey hasn't provided enough cooling for the engine again I don't think the delay will be much of an issue. But anything can happen in Formula One, and it usually does.
Did anyone elses mind wander off topic? 
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