Topics: Formula 1, Red Bull Racing, Max Verstappen
The first details of Max Verstappen's Red Bull car for 2025 have been 'leaked' ahead of pre-season testing.
Verstappen will be looking to become a five-time F1 Drivers' Champion once the new season gets underway with the Australian Grand Prix on March 16.
The Dutchman has won the world title in each of the last four seasons, with the 2023 season seeing him win a staggering 19 of the 22 Grands Prix held.
He won seven of the first 10 races in 2024 but only two from then on, with McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari closing in and, in some races, overtaking Red Bull on car performance.
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The 2025 season could see F1 fans witness an all-time classic title battle, with design regulations staying relatively the same ahead of a major overhaul for the 2026 season onwards.
There will still be changes, though - and early details of Verstappen and new team-mate Liam Lawson's 2025 challenger have emerged.
As per RacingNews365, Red Bull will be approaching the 2025 season with a more simple concept than the one they worked on throughout 2024.
A more simplified aerodynamics structure is said to have proposed, with changes to the way in which airflow along the bodywork is managed.
It is claimed that 'several resources' related to the design of the car could not be used due to a new engine cover, as it 'impacted matters such as budget and aerodynamic research'.
The report also adds that the concept changes mean that Red Bull have appeared to remove elements that 'brought the car into crisis' last season and caused its mid-season loss of form for both Verstappen and his team-mate Sergio Perez.
They have also introduced new kinematics to the rear suspension push rod, which has also been kept similar alongside the front push rod.
This season will be the first full year for Red Bull without former chief technical officer Adrian Newey, who played a key role in all of their championship-winning cars, since 2006.
Newey left Red Bull last year to take up a post as technical director and co-owner of Aston Martin, having spent 19 years with the Milton Keynes-based team after joining them in February 2006 - their second season in the sport.
