Red Bull Racing won't leave it at that: 'We are not without a list'

In Miami, the McLaren team fitted major updates, which actually did their job immediately. Red Bull Racing came with updates in Imola, but this did not immediately increase speed. Monaghan sees that the competition has come close. "I think there's generally a convergence, isn't there? The others are on us. It's going to be a tight fight all the way."

Red Bull Racing won't leave it at that

Red Bull's chief engineer knows there are different ways to achieve pole position. "Each circuit presents us with a set of challenges. And we just have to turn up and address them better than everybody else. If we achieve our lap time a little bit differently to our nearest opposition, fine, that's our choice, isn't it? If you looked at Imola, for example, McLaren had a different wing level from Ferrari, had a different wing level from Mercedes. So there are three different ways then of doing the lap time, aren't there? If you put a bigger wing on, you accept being slightly slower on a straight, but you expect to be slightly better in the corners and you make your trade. It sets your front wing demands. It will influence your ride heights. If that begins to open up how people achieve lap time, then the cars can make their own choices. And as we will, every circuit."

Sergio Perez has stated in the media that major updates are needed for the team. Monaghan was not aware of this. In addition, he reassures that updates are coming. "Nice of him to inform us. I'll go and have a word with him about that. As I said earlier to your colleague, the visual aspects of an upgrade is not necessarily indicative of its aerodynamic performance. It's not like we've got a car that's off the pace where we need to experiment potentially with larger changes. We have a really competitive car. I think we have a good understanding of it. We shouldn't doubt our development process. We have upgrades coming. The manufacturing requirement determines when we can bring it. So, yeah, we've got upgrades coming. And it's not something you react to because last week we were a bit tight, and in Miami, obviously, we were beaten. The plan is in. We are not being lethargic and bringing the upgrades. So when they're ready, they're on. Don't worry. It's going to be a race with several people now."