Alright, so you wanna know about this Red Bull and F1 racing, huh? Is them cheatin’? Well, lemme tell ya, it’s all a big ol’ mess of confusion, like tryin’ to find a black cat in a coal cellar at midnight.
First off, people been squawkin’ about Red Bull messin’ with their car, makin’ it go faster than it should. They call it “cheatin’,” but back in my day, we called it “bein’ clever.” If ya ain’t bendin’ the rules a little, ya ain’t tryin’ hard enough, I always say.
Now, these fellas at the FIA, they’re like the referees of the racin’ game. They looked real close at Red Bull’s car, the RB20 they call it, after those fellas started whinin’. They poked and prodded, and they said, “Nope, no evidence of them cheatin’ on the ride height.” See, ride height is how high the car sits off the ground. Lower it, and it goes faster, like a snake slitherin’ through the grass.
- But some folks, they still ain’t satisfied. They say Red Bull found a sneaky way to change the ride height while they’re racin’. Like hidin’ a jack in the trunk and pumpin’ it up and down whenever they feel like it.
- Then there’s this Lewis Hamilton fella, he’s a racer too. He says, “Hold yer horses, Red Bull ain’t cheatin’.” He says Red Bull changed some things on their car after talkin’ with the FIA fellas. Maybe they just got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and had to put the cookie back.
Another thing, these McLaren fellas, they’re racers too, they started pointin’ fingers and whisperin’ about Red Bull gettin’ caught red-handed. They’re sayin’ it’s clear as day, but I ain’t seen nothin’ with my own two eyes.
And then there’s this money business. They got somethin’ called a “budget cap,” which means ya can’t spend more money than they tell ya. Well, Red Bull, they went and spent a little too much. FIA said it wasn’t a big deal, just a “minor breach,” like stealin’ a few pennies from the collection plate. But some folks, they got their britches in a twist over it.
Max Verstappen, he’s the fella drivin’ the Red Bull car real fast. He says all this talk about cheatin’ is just plain silly. He says they changed some part on the car, and now everyone’s makin’ a fuss. Sounds like a whole lot of nothin’ to me.
So, is Red Bull cheatin’? I dunno. Maybe they are, maybe they ain’t. Seems like everyone’s got a different story. But one thing’s for sure, these fellas are spendin’ a whole lot of money and makin’ a whole lot of noise about it. And in the end, it’s all just a bunch of rich folks drivin’ cars in circles real fast.
This fella Horner, from Red Bull, he says they ain’t cheatin’. He says they were just tryin’ to make the car go faster, and sometimes ya gotta try different things. He says they hit a wall tryin’ to make the car go faster by makin’ it stick to the ground more, so they tried somethin’ different, somethin’ with the balance of the car. Makes sense to me. If one way don’t work, ya try another. That’s what I always say when I’m makin’ my biscuits, if they come out flat, I add more flower next time.
In my opinion, all this cheatin’ talk is just a bunch of sour grapes. The other racers, they’re just jealous that Red Bull’s winnin’ all the time. They’re lookin’ for any excuse to bring ‘em down. It’s like that time my neighbor’s prize-winning rooster went missin’, and everyone blamed me just ‘cause my chickens were a little bit bigger. Turned out it was a fox what got it.
So, there ya have it. That’s the whole shebang, as far as I can tell. Is Red Bull cheatin’? You decide. But me? I’m just gonna sit back and watch the racin’. It’s more excitin’ than watchin’ paint dry, that’s for sure.
Tags: Red Bull Racing, F1 2023, Cheating Allegations, FIA, Formula 1, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Budget Cap, Ride Height
