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Verstappen: Red Bull should rethink car launch timing for 2018

Max Verstappen believes a less ambitious approach by Red Bull in launching its new Formula 1 car as late as possible could be key to helping it hit the ground running in 2018. Red Bull has traditionally opted to maximise development time of its new cars each winter by being one of the last teams to complete its design. While this in theory should give the team an extra performance boost because of increased wind tunnel work, this can cause compromises in terms of preparations for the season ahead. And amid some analysis going on about why Red Bull has traditionally not started recent seasons as strongly as it has finished them, Verstappen has suggested that a change of approach to new car...
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