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Edd Straw

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2356 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

They do embody quite a few of the traits that we talk about with Red Bull now in terms of how quickly they turn things around and develop.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

Yeah, we are seeing, obviously, these swings from track to track because there's kind of two factors when it comes to the energy recovery site because you've got the actual harvesting, which you can work out kind of how much braking there is and get kind of, well, roughly...

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

That's how many kilowatts you can harvest just with a normal lap.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

But then it's what the straight configurations are, isn't it?

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

And that means that it's not kind of two-dimensional calculating that, isn't it, John?

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

But if you're Mercedes, how worried are you about McLaren?

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

Because Mercedes had reasserted itself, the works team back on top, and now...

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

They've got the customer team that they were very nice about for the past couple of years when they were struggling.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

But the last thing they want really is the customer team being a genuine rival.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

And they look like they're on a trajectory where they could potentially surpass Mercedes.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

It's funny, isn't it?

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

Because McLaren have become the thing that Mercedes desperately didn't want to happen with Red Bull because there were a few times when actually a Mercedes engine deal for Red Bull started to get quite close, but it was always scotched because you do not want a team like that having your power unit.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

And now they've got McLaren there doing exactly the thing they wanted Red Bull not to do.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

Matt, what do you make of McLaren in terms of the way they work and as a counterpoint to, say, Red Bull?

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

Also, they've got a slightly different leadership.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

I mean, Stella, you could say roughly is equivalent to Laura Mechia's.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

But then they've got the Zac Brown figure at McLaren, who is very, very different to what we're seeing from that sort of level from the Red Bull ownership today.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

Yeah, exactly.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

And good F1 teams.

The Race F1 Podcast
Is Red Bull 2.0 good enough to keep Verstappen?

And they both are very good F1 teams.