David Coulthard is positive that his former team, Red Bull Racing, remains in the box seat when it comes to selecting favourites for both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championships for this year.
Having retired as a Formula 1 driver at the end of 2008, Coulthard has commented on Red Bull’s more recent successes as a television pundit for the BBC. Following the three-week summer break, the Scot expressed more opinions in his latest column for The Telegraph.
“So who is my money on? As I am fond of saying, racing drivers have balls but unfortunately they aren't crystal,” he said. “Purely in performance terms, however, I feel both championships are Red Bull's to lose.
“People will say I am biased, given my professional relationship with the team, but I'm sure they won't thank me for increasing the pressure on them; the next two races, in Belgium and Italy, are relatively open and I don't think they suit any one car more than any other.
“Once we get out of Europe again, though, you have to say the tracks look Red Bull-friendly. Singapore is a street circuit like Monaco, where Red Bull were utterly dominant in May; Suzuka's high-speed corners are made for the RB6 and, although Korea is an unknown entity, Interlagos and Abu Dhabi both look to me to be Red Bull circuits too. “
The Scot added that he has no worries regarding the front wings of the cars driven by Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, which have come under much scrutiny at recent races due to their apparent (illegal) ability to bend at high speed.
“Now that they have their f-duct working they don't really have a weakness,” Coulthard continued. “I'm reliably informed that the governing body (FIA)'s new, more stringent tests for their 'flexible' front wings (the ones which caused such an uproar in Hungary) will not prove a problem for them.”
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