New Max Verstappen evidence as key Red Bull change spotted after Italian GP pole

This season Red Bull has relented and designed a low-downforce rear wing specifically for the challenges posed by high-speed circuits.

But whilst we’d already had a taste of how the solution performed when Max Verstappen took victory in the Sprint at Spa, Red Bull also had an extra trick up its sleeve when it came to qualifying at Monza, where Verstappen used it to snatch an unlikely pole from under the noses of the McLaren duo, whilst recording the fastest lap in Formula 1 history.

Red Bull cut it fine as Max Verstappen claims Italian GP pole position

It’s worth noting that this is the first time with this generation of car that Red Bull has opted to design a true low-downforce rear wing option, having simply trimmed the upper flap on its pre-existing, higher-downforce options in the p