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Mercedes’ Technical Director James Allison says he would “deeply love to be invited into the Red Bull garage and to take the engine cover off and delve around under those sort of ‘snorkelly’ things”.
Red Bull surprised everyone in the Formula 1 paddock when they revealed their drastically different 2024 car.
One of the areas that has been completely revamped is the RB20’s cooling system, and Mercedes’ Technical Director James Allison admits his team still does not completely understand it.
“Well, I would deeply love to be invited into the Red Bull garage and to take the engine cover off and delve around under those sort of ‘snorkelly’ things,” the Briton told Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz.
“There’s definitely a different approach being taken there because what glimpses you see of their cooling system, it’s definitely not light and svelte.
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“So they’re doing that for a reason, and I’d love to know what that reason is, but we haven’t figured it out yet.”
Allison added that Red Bull is definitely the favourite in 2024, however, he hopes Mercedes’ ‘more stable platform’ will allow the team to catch up.
“I don’t think it’s any surprise to anyone that down there [Red Bull] have got their noses and perhaps a bit more of their face in front of those of us that are chasing.
“But I think we’ll make a good fist of the chasing, and hopefully [we’ll] just develop strongly through the year,” he concluded.
