Although the squad has had no shortage of wins in the meantime, that did not mean it was going to sit back and accept a repeat of what happened at Interlagos 12 months ago which had opened the door for Mercedes.
Whilst the RB19 clearly has a much larger performance delta over the opposition than its car had last season, there were clear lessons that it took from 2022 that were applied this time out.
The most obvious from the outside is if we compare the rear and beam wing configurations from the RB18 and the RB19.
They show us a shift of approach in how downforce at the rear of the car is balanced between the beam and rear wing – which is different to 12 months ago.
Source: Autosport