Barcelona test blog: Red Bull's sleeping giant
The triple champion team hasn't dominated 2013 testing and wasn't even in the top five by the end of this week, but there is still a feeling the RB9 may just be that little bit more special than its rivals…. Kevin Turner crunches some numbers
Sunday March 3 - Why rivals still fear Red Bull
Kevin Turner
Nobody knows what Red Bull is up to, but pretty much everyone is worried it will be clear of the field when everyone gets to Melbourne later this month.
Red Bull's best lap in the final test was 1m22.514s, well down on Nico Rosberg's benchmark of 1m20.130s for Mercedes, and Sebastian Vettel has admitted the test hasn't gone as well as might have hoped.
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