At Red Bull, calm and prudence are preached ahead of the new season

Calm and caution. These are the words that reign in the Red Bull environment as they await the new season, which starts on March 20th in Melbourne where the Australian Grand Prix will be staged.

Only now gone are the days of the (cloying) media soap opera that took place last year with Renault, when Red Bull president Dietrich Mateschitz even declared he would abandon the Circus if he hadn't found a suitable PU... only to then backtrack and reach an agreement with the transalpine company, which will also supply the engines to the "cans" in 2016. Compared to the recent past, the only difference will be at a nominative level, as the new engines will be branded TAG Heur.

"I prefer not to make predictions“, said Adrian Newey to Sky Sport UK who subsequently analyzed the possible strengths that could allow some teams to make the leap in quality: "I'm sure Honda will allow McLaren to take a great step forward. Even Toro Rosso, with the Ferrari power unit, will have an increase in its performance. It is very difficult for us to predict where we will be on the starting grid".

Chris Horner instead returned to point the finger at the technical regulation. For the team manager of the Milton Keynes team, Mercedes' dominance will continue if the appropriate changes are not made: “With the current regulations, Mercedes will retain its supremacy – the Briton told Speed ​​Week  -. I don't know what victory percentages  the bookmakers are giving to them, but I don't think it would be a good idea to bet against them".

Piero Ladisa

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