And even the second Red Bull of Alex Albon was not far behind. This car he [Verstappen] is driving now is next year’s car pretty much and same for us, so I am excited for that battle we are going to get.”. Our philosophy has been whatever we learn this year, we carry over into next year.”. Mercedes give short shrift to the idea that the cars next year will be only minor developments of this year’s. “If I could quote back at you the ‘fact’ that next year’s cars are substantially the same but with different aero. “Actually, you can design an entire new suspension on next year’s car.

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