Red Bull 2011

F1 2011 Season Preview: The Drivers and Teams

Red Bull-Renault
#1 Sebastian Vettel
#2 Mark Webber


As testing has proven, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The combination of Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Adrian Newey’s RB6 dominated the world championship. While the Drivers’ title wasn’t decided until the final race, there was never any doubt that the RB6 was the best car on the grid. That’s why this year’s RB7 is essentially an evolution of the RB6. The car was never designed to maximize the potential of the double diffuser so its ban will affect Red Bull the least of all teams. The big question is how Webber and the team will co-exist this season. Webber was quite vocal that the team was favouring teammate Vettel. It is a bit of a surprise that he’s now talking about staying with Red Bull until he retires. But like I said, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This group won the title last year and there’s no reason to think that they can’t again this year.

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