Overseeing the engine side of the business is head of power unit ops Steve Brodie, who joined Red Bull from Mercedes in 2021.
He says they have made “mind-blowing” progress since he first walked into a temporary build shop with a tin roof four years ago.
“We have to hit our targets. In terms of performance upgrades, we have to see what’s good, bad and put it into the next engines. It’s like a science lab, we look at so much data,” said Brodie.
“It takes two weeks to build an engine. No engine is the same. We are all about performance and reliability. I pull in different engine builders, and we are doing stuff outside the box. You need different ideas.
“These engines only need one flaw, one mistake, and so you have to put in a certain margin (for error). Every tweak, the amount of components we have, the changes have been enormous. It’s been relentless.”
It is highly skilled and to some extent, secret, work.
Any visitors to the Red Bull factory are never given the “full story”, according to head of test operations Florian Niehaves.
“The way we are doing things is a unique way. There is benefit of saying this is a blank canvas, how do we get to there,” he said.
“It couldn’t be more hi tech, it’s close to defence, aerospace, the tools we are using regarding AI is top level. It’s also old-fashioned engine development, testing mechanical stuff; combined it’s an energetic mix.”
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