Only time will tell where Red Bull’s 2023 car stands in the Formula One pantheon but for the moment what will be proved at the Japanese Grand Prix is that it is one of the most dominant cars to have competed in the sport. Indeed, compete is almost disingenuous – the RB19 has ruled this season with a brutal but majestic tyranny.
At Suzuka on Sunday Red Bull will almost certainly seal the constructors’ championship. The mathematics for them not doing so are almost torturously unlikely. Scoring the same number of points here as second-placed Mercedes and ensuring Ferrari do not outscore them by 24 points and the deed is done.
