The Milton Keynes-based team has been hard at work on its RB20 for several months now, having elected to switch off development of its 2023 challenger early because it was so far ahead of the opposition.
But while it knows that it will need to make progress if it is to stay ahead of its competitors next year, the squad says there will be no huge change of direction this winter – even if it is working on improvements.
Asked about what can be expected from the RB20, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said: “Evolution not revolution.
“All areas have been revisited in the car, and we can't afford to have any complacency.
“So the car is very much an evolution of a theme. We're not reinventing the wheel, and that has been very much the route of the engineering path over the last 12 months.”
Although the RB19 won 21 out of 22 grands prix this year, Horner says his team is in no doubt that things are going to get tougher from here on.
He says that Red Bull is already seeing diminishing returns to the gains it is finding with the car, as he predicts the opposition to make significant progress as they copy the core design concepts that his squad has put to good use.
Source: Autosport