Red Bull reveal 'freedom' approach during latest F1 gap

Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan has explained the “freedom” the current F1 break will afford the team.

F1 is enjoying a near four-week break following the Singapore Grand Prix, with the next race taking place in the United States at the Circuit of the Americas on October 20.

It marks the second significant gap the teams have faced since the start of August. Unlike the traditional summer break, however, teams are not subject to a mandatory shutdown, meaning they can continue to develop their cars.

After running a new floor at the recent Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a bid to recover its F1 form, Red Bull is now evaluating its development path ahead of the race in Austin, Texas.

"It gives us the freedom to potentially do more,” Monaghan told media including RacingNews365 regarding the break.

"You don't force yourself into doing it. The disciplined approach is to say, ‘Is it valuable enough to spend the money to do it, to take it to Austin?’"

Monaghan highlighted the sprint race event in the US adds further complications to the situation.

"Don’t forget, Austin is a sprint race, so you're going to roll the dice in P1 and then it's, ‘Okay, yes, no. [Do we] Keep it [or], not keep it?'," he said. 

"But that then leaves us potentially with few of any one piece. 

"So your choices for Austin are team dependent, somewhat confident dependent. I’ll let you know when we get there - if I'm feeling generous - on what we’ve done."