Red Bull has been in a league of its own in F1 in 2023. No team has been able to catch the team based in Milton Keynes. They have indeed done a brilliant job. But it’s equally true that teams like Mercedes and Ferrari have dropped the ball. This means Red Bull and Max Verstappen don’t have any challengers at all. Le Mans winner David Kennedy believes that this might change very soon with the FIA intervening.
Red Bull and Max Verstappen Dominance
Red Bull has enjoyed an F1 season of historic proportions. They have broken multiple world records, for both one season and all time. Max Verstappen, meanwhile, is currently on a streak of 8 grand prix wins. Such dominance has rarely been seen in F1. Combined with bulletproof reliability, this leaves very little room for any shock result.
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FIA might intervene
David Kennedy believes this kind of dominance will cause the FIA to intervene. He points to the various times this has been done before. The FIA intervened when Michael Schumacher was dominating. They intervened when Mercedes was dominating. They even intervened when Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost dominated for Williams in consecutive years.
The FIA cannot take away Red Bull’s advantage like that. However, they can play around with different qualifying formats, limits on tyre usage, among other things. Whether this curbs their dominance is something we will have to see.
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Why this dominance feels more boring?
During Ferrari’s domination, except in 2002 and 2004, they always had a challenge. Similarly, teams challenged Red Bull in 2010 and 2012. Mercedes was different because they had an intra-team rivalry from 2014 to 2016. After that, Ferrari or Red Bull always challenged them except in 2020.
However, currently, there is no one to challenge Max Verstappen in that Red Bull. David Kennedy states how a sport can become boring when the result is known before the race starts. That is exactly what is happening with F1 at the moment.
While it is unfair to punish Red Bull for doing a better job than others, the FIA might have to intervene for F1’s betterment. Will they intervene? What will they do? To find out, keep following us.
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