In the 2023 season, the Red Bull Racing team only lost one race throughout the year. In the 2024 season, they had intended to further consolidate their dominance and continue to boldly experiment in car design. In the first four races of this season, Red Bull completed the 1+2 formula in three races, which seemed to have an unbreakable advantage, but then their advantage began to diminish. In recent races, they have been completely caught up by McLaren and Mercedes teams.

Red Bull Technical Director Pierre Wache admitted in an interview today that the RB20 did not fully meet the team's expectations: "There is no doubt that our car has improved compared to last year, but in some aspects we did not meet expectations. Especially in high-speed corners, our expectations are much higher than they are now

Vatze continued, "Compared to last year, we have made significant progress in both medium and low-speed bends, but compared to our competitors, we are slightly weaker in high-speed bends. I don't think we have made the expected progress in this area. We are using a fairly old wind tunnel, which may also be related to the time reduction caused by the ATR testing restrictions we have to accept

Vatze also stated that Red Bull actually expects its competitors' teams to catch up from early 2024, as each team will converge in design: "To be honest, we originally expected the pursuers to arrive earlier. Because under the same regulations, the performance you can mine in a car is limited. After four or five races, the competitors began to catch up, perhaps with a slight delay in time, but we anticipated it from the beginning. I believe that in the second half of the season, the competition between teams will be even more intense.