Racing Bulls presented the first car of the new era in Las Vegas, for the 2024 season: it's called VCARB 01 and is characterized by a color metallic blue similar to the one already used in the three-year period 2017-2019, when the team still ran under the Toro Rosso name. The novelty is represented by the presence of White instead of the red of that period.
Red which is still present on the rear wing and halo thanks to the sponsor orlen, while the title sponsor View finds ample space on the sides. One of the differences compared to the other teams is the choice to continue with a colored livery and leave little space for carbon fibre, in addition to the presence of a few sponsors on the livery repeated at various points. Obviously the title sponsors Visa and Cashapp dominate, but there is no shortage of space for Hugo Boss and Orlen.
Racing Bulls VCARB 01, technical analysis
If during the event in Las Vegas the team only presented the livery, the official renderings released by Racing Bulls social networks already show what will in all respects be the car for the 2024 season. The front is the most retouched part, with a more arrow-shaped muzzle which recalls that of the Ferrari F1-75. No changes to endplate, instead: we could see the differences on the occasion of shakedown in the program February 12th in Misano.
Il frame, moreover, it was revised to house the suspension compartment transferable from the Red Bull RB-19. We therefore move on from one suspension push rod a pull rod, as already seen a few days ago with Sauber. News also regarding cooling inlet ports, which present a redesigned lower lip Red Bull style. The bellies and fondo, however, they have not changed compared to the 2023 car, but in all likelihood we will see the new components during the tests in Bahrain (February 21-23).
Expectations for 2024
2023 had seen AlphaTauri start the season with the slowest car on the grid and then finish the season consistently in the points in the final races. There newfound competitiveness was made possible by the adoption of rear suspension of the Red Bull RB19. This year the goal is to start from where we finished last year.
Also in 2024, therefore, there will be many components "borrowed" from its cousin the RB19, with the suspensions to still be the master, without excluding the possibility that the Anglo-Italian team could transfer the innovations of its RB01 cousin to the VCARB 20 during the current season. Furthermore, the "Redbullisation" of the Faenza team does not stop at the car. In the team's plans Laurent mekies There is the move to Red Bull headquarters in Milton Keynes.
