Martin Brundle confused by ‘strange’ situation happening at Red Bull right now

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Red Bull are enjoying their poorest spell of form this side of the current technical regulations, which they have dominated since their inception in 2022.

It left them without a car in the top five of the Italian Grand Prix on pure pace, and their constructors’ championship lead has been reduced to just eight points – something which was well in excess of 100 points just a few months ago.

McLaren evidently have the quickest car, and it seems like only a matter of when, not if, they will overtake them in both standings.

It’s a very sudden downfall for a team that started the season by winning seven of the opening 10 races, but Red Bull are under pressure with the ‘reality’ of the situation to find form soon or they know that they will be relinquishing both titles.

Martin Brundle claims Red Bull pace loss is ‘too strange’ to fathom

Martin Brundle is a man with plenty of Formula 1 experience both in and out of the cockpit, and knows what it takes to win a championship.

He struggles to understand why Red Bull have fallen off the cliff so abruptly in his latest Sky Sports column after the Italian Grand Prix.

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“With the front runners racing the wheels and tyres off each other this looked smart, especially in the absence of a safety car,” he said.

“But some scruffy pit stops on laps 22 and 23 respectively, and thereafter relatively poor pace and opting for a two-stop strategy would consign Red Bull to sixth and eighth places.

“Max would call the car a ‘monster’ post race and it all seems too strange. They dominated the early season, and last year in Monza Max won his 10th straight race at a canter. This year he finished 38 seconds behind the winner.”

What comes next down at Red Bull?

Red Bull are in the midst of a mini crisis right now, and they need to find answers soon before McLaren, or even Ferrari, start to run away with the championship.

Last in the speed traps at Monza, nearly one second from pole position and a poorly setup car is not a recipe for success any time soon.

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They will need upgrade the RB20 if they want to close the gap to their rivals, and do so without the help of Adrian Newey, who has slowly been phased away from their Formula 1 projects since announcing his departure from the team in May.

Max Verstappen‘s 62-point buffer in the drivers’ standings will come in very handy if he plans to take the championship deep into the season.

The worry for the reigning champion will be that the car isn’t capable of taking the crown down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, with upcoming tracks such as Azerbaijan and Singapore in favour of their rivals.