In 2020, Red Bull was struggling to get on terms with Mercedes. As Mark Hughes details, Max Verstappen's ability to adapt had sent it into a development dead-end... until the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked a turnaround, and the start of what became its current F1 domination
As Max Verstappen completed the most statistically dominant F1 season of all time with another victory last weekend, around Abu Dhabi, it seems remarkable that just three years ago his race win here was just his tenth, having averaged 1.6 wins per season. He's now on 54, having averaged 17 victories per season in the last two years.
That 2020 win came at the end of a season of total Mercedes domination and at the time it looked like just a slight stutter from Mercedes – it was running very tired power units and Lewis Hamilton was still recovering from Covid, having missed the previous race. In reality its source was a very significant breakthrough in understanding from Red Bull a few races earlier...
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