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Adrian Newey is concerned that Red Bull made a mistake and were ‘too conservative’ with the development of their 2024 car having been ‘limited’ by Formula 1’s cost cap. Their new challenger is the first car to feel the full effects of Red Bull breaking the cost cap in 2021. The FIA fined Red Bull $7m (£6m) in October 2022 and also reduced the team’s total aerodynamic testing allocation for 2023 by 10%. But it carried little impact on their 2023 car. Red Bull were already far down the road to developing the nearly all-conquering RB19 which won 21 of the 22 Grand Prix in 2023. Max Verstappen cla…

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