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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

Red Bull slip ‘great innovation’ under the radar with wheeling out of new car

Max Verstappen at the Red Bull RB20 car launch
Max Verstappen shows off Red Bull’s RB20 at the official launch on Thursday. Photograph: Oracle Red Bull Racing/PA

Formula One’s season-opening salvo finally came to a close on Thursday when the last of this year’s challengers was unveiled by Red Bull. Pleasingly, given what for the most part has been a series of low-key whimpers with cars largely revealed online only with little fanfare and little detail, it ended with something of a bang. Red Bull have likely left their competitors feeling nervous before a wheel has turned in anger.

The launch of the RB20 had unsurprisingly been dominated by the appearance of Christian Horner, the team principal, who was speaking publicly for the first time since an investigation was launched almost two weeks ago after a complaint from an employee about his conduct.

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