Canada'08: the Red Bull RB4

Race #792: 8 June 2008. Grand Prix Of Canada. Montreal
Pole Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4-23) - 1. 17,387 (202,871 km/h)
Best lap Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F2008) - 1. 17,886 (201,571 km/h)
The winner Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1. 08) - 1:36. 24,447 (189,987 km/h)

To the second, when the lights went out starting lights, the main topic of conversation in the Montreal paddock was asphalt. He began to crumble during the weekend in several places, causing a well-founded fear of commands. Canadian organizers tried to quickly deal with the problem, work continued even an hour before the start, but no one had complete confidence that everything will be smooth.

But when the machine was off, as the struggle on the road captured the spotlight, and not about a asphalt nobody even remembered. In that season, three teams were about equal in force, and several were just behind the leaders, because on a track like Montreal, you can expect was do anything.

So in the end, and left. Crucial in this day proved to be quite mediocre episode: shortly before third of the distance refused machine Force India, ruled by the young German Adrian Sutil. Failed transmission, because the pilot will not be able to Park in a safe area and stopped right in the third turn.

Brewing evacuation, because the judges of the Grand Prix prudently released onto the machine safety - and almost all of the pilots failed rushed into the pits for a scheduled pit stop. First there turned Lewis Hamilton, who started from pole position on the starting segment is increasingly built up a lead from a circle into a circle.

But when he got to first, but went back only to the third. Mechanics Ferrari and BMW Sauber worked faster, providing the advantage of their drivers Kimi Raikkonen and the Robert Kubica. However, at this very moment by leaving the boxes were still coming short of the peloton, slave Avtomobilny security.

As expected in such a situation, at the very end of the pit lane at this time included a red traffic light. Raikkonen stopped, we stopped, but Hamilton did not. He only has sharply turned the wheel to the side, because hit is not blue and white machine Polish, and scarlet - Finn. The blow was sensitive, and continue the race pilots could not.

If you add that at the same time co-pilots Ferrari and McLaren are also experiencing difficulties, and Felipe Massa with Heikki Kovalainen rolled far back, it becomes clear that the third leader, BMW Sauber, had unique chance. To impose the struggle Kubica and his partner nick Heidfeld, however, tried the Renault racers, but both, and Nelson Piquet, and Fernando Alonso, so was keen rivalry on the track that made a mistake and broke the machine.

Last question, which had to meet the canadian race - whose tactics are correct, Polish or German. Kubica did the rate for short periods of quick and easy car and Heidfeld, on the contrary, tried even to not go at such a fast pace, but less often to refuel.

In this situation, any appearance of the machine security undermined all the efforts of Robert. But the race continued to the finish without special incident in Addition, in one scene, Nick has shown himself to be a true team player, when did not deter the mate, and put that forward, although he had every right not to do so.

In the end, Kubica won a resounding victory and took the lead in the overall standings of the world Cup. Looking at the gleeful pole, no one then could not think that the corporate Munich team released in Large Prizes still only a year and a half, and the winner of the Montreal ahead at the finish of Heidfeld and a representative of the Red Bull Racing David Coulthard, foggy morning in February of 2011 gets into an accident in a rally special stage and barely will not leave this world. . .
Interesting. . .
Unlike the British, the Italians and the French, the Germans rarely had the opportunity to enjoy the success of their teams in F1. The latest such case to the Grand Prix of Canada 2008 dated 1962 year, when the finish line first crossed the car brand Porsche. Well, following the victory had to wait so long until the Chinese stage 2012, when was the strongest Nico Rosberg at Mercedes.

Canada'08: the Red Bull RB4

Adrian Newey built for Red Bull Racing team for so many cool cars that it seems as if the British designer working in Milton Keynes since the very beginning of the project RBR. Actually, Newey joined him, though early enough, but not immediately. His first machine was a RB3 sample of 2007.

It was designed in a hurry, in addition, the contract for the supply of motors Renault was signed so late, that consider the peculiarities of their layout was already impossible. In the end RB3 came out generally fast, but perhaps the most unreliable machine in the entire peloton.

Because next winter Newey was not to reinvent the wheel, but decided to bring to mind what is already available. When creating a chassis RB4 in the team sought to make it easier, more compact and more reliable than the predecessor, but avoid sudden movements. The only thing that was completely redesigned, this 7-speed transmission.

From 2008 this site was to be used in four races in a row, in addition, it damage the box especially plagued the team the year before. Otherwise it was decided obytes without radical steps, and full wind tunnel in Milton Keynes has only just started to build, because Newey was liset its main tool: work with jets of air.

RB4 without much pomp showed in the middle of January in Jerez, with the car before this whole night was gathering mechanics. She looked almost exact copy of last year's, but during the tests began to gradually change, getting new items. In February, when the team driver David Coulthard struck a nerve, he was replaced in the cockpit young Sebastian Vettel.

On opening the 2008 championship Grand Prix of Malaysia and the Scotsman, and his mate mark Webber got in an accident. But in all other races some of them are necessarily finished, and often succeeded both.

From the stage in Bahrain, Mark Webber earned points six times in seven races, and Disi finished third in the Principality of Monaco. RB4 Meanwhile slowly but steadily changed. The most conspicuous novelty became shark fin behind the head pilot. Also changed the shape of the lateral pontoons and held the first attempts to use the energy of the exhaust gas.

At Silverstone, mark started with the first series, in Montreal, David was in the lead for one lap, but still). And although at the finish of the machine Red Bull, as a rule, were in the range from the sixth to the tenth, it was already something. According to the results of the championship position was worse than in 2007, but points were edlos earn more: 29 vs. 24. Meanwhile, in the bowels of the base in Milton Keynes gradually took shape model RB5 - the same that would later bring the team its first victory in F1.