A recent setback at Silverstone aside, Red Bull has clearly made progress in terms of relative pace since its muted start to 2017. But what exactly has been refined in the RB13's design since Adrian Newey ramped up his involvement? In the opening few races of the 2017 Formula 1 season, the RB13 was not where a team of Red Bull's standing would expect to be, given what many would consider a skew back towards an aero formula in the rulebook. As has been the case for the lineage of cars dating back to 2009's RB5, the car is but an evolution of its predecessor, as barren as can be with a brilliant elegance to every sinew of the car. Its deficit to Ferrari and Mercedes is still clear though,...
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