Red Bull Christian Horner concedes the car has hit the development ceiling in certain areas

Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits that there are clearly some areas of the RB20 where the car has hit the ceiling of its development in these regulations. The drastic drop in performance suffered by the Austrian team has been stark this season. The season started with Max Verstappen cruising to a win in Bahrain, followed by a win in Saudi Arabia.

Since McLaren introduced the upgrade in Miami, things have started to change in a big way. From that point on, Red Bull has continuously regressed in terms of performance while its rivals have surged. This was evident in the race in Monza, where the reigning champions were fourth fastest and had no shot at even fighting for a podium.

The impact of this fall has been immense on Red Bull, as the team is now staring at an almost certain defeat against McLaren in the Constructors' championship while Max Verstappen is trying his best to save the Drivers' championship from the advances of Lando Norris.

Talking to the media after the race in Monza, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said there were some areas where the car had reached the cliff, and hence it is looking at a scenario where it can once again balance things out. Talking to the media, including Sportskeeda, Horner said:

"I think so, I think potentially so. We've hit the ceiling in certain areas and the cars disconnected, and sometimes maybe [its better] to have slightly less load but an overall better balance to generate better lap time, better degradation, better tire management, all of those aspects."

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Red Bull boss also questions the radical design revolution that the team went with for 2024

Christian Horner also questioned the fact that maybe since Red Bull has opted for a more radical design change in 2024, that has proved to be a factor in why the team has been unable to find the gains it would have.

Compared with McLaren, a team that brought an evolution of last year's car and continues to improve, Horner felt maybe that would have been a better design philosophy. He said to the media, including Sportskeeda:

"I think you've got to look at all aspects of the car. There's a balance issue with the car that isn't allowing the drivers to commit to corner entry. As soon as you've calmed down the rear, you do that by compromising the front, so then you end up with understeer, and then you kill your tire that way."

He added:

"So, I think what we really need to do is get the map - if you look at McLaren, it almost looks like an evolution of last year's car, a much simpler car than ours. Perhaps we've gone a little too complex, and perhaps we need simplify a few things."

The team now heads to the race in Baku and will be hoping to find some solutions for the troubles that the car is facing at the moment.