Oh, to be a fly on the wall inside Red Bull Racing’s debriefs last week, where heads were scratched, frowns were plastered on faces (apart from that of the eternally jolly Daniel Ricciardo, of course) and patience was worn thin. Having completed only 21 laps over the course of four days in Jerez compared to the several hundred recorded by Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren, Red Bull’s three closest rivals, it would not be unfair to suggest that the reigning champions will be playing catch-up by the time pre-season testing resumes in Bahrain in a fortnight’s time. This is nothing new, of course, as since Formula One’s last major technical overhaul in the winter of 2008/09, at least one...
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