Who’d have thought – just a year ago, when they were still suffering a ‘Jag Rac’ hangover – that early in 2007 Red Bull Racing would be fighting against the notion that they’re going to do rather well this season? For all that the creation of a modern F1 car is a team process, there are still those who believe that one person can make a difference.
Has the hiring of Adrian Newey made such a difference at Red Bull? Perhaps – but perhaps not. It was Newey himself, at the Autosport International show in January (before the RB3 – the car that clearly bears his authorial stamp – had even turned a wheel) who was the first, in public, to play down those high expectations.
