Christian Horner expects many to look like Red Bull or Ferrari when the cover for the 2023 challengers comes off.
There was a lot of excitement heading into the 2022 campaign as new technical regulations came into force and threatened to upset the established order in F1.
After all, Red Bull dominated the season, taking 17 of its 22 Grand Prix victories. The remaining four wins were won by Ferrari, the rest by Mercedes.
Especially in the first half of the season, Ferrari's F1-75 Challenger appeared to be the fastest on the grid before Red Bull turned the RB18 into the dominant race car.
And with the team back on the drawing board for the 2023 Challenger, team principal Horner believes rival teams are drawing inspiration from the RB18 and F1-75.
Red Bull will also have the least wind tunnel time of all the teams, not only because they won the Constructors' title, but because of the extra cuts made as a result of violating the 2021 cost cap.
"It's difficult because it's a handicap," Horner told Channel 4 of Red Bull's future development restrictions.
"But I think we'll see the cars converge in 2023 and I'm sure there will be a few more cars that look like Red Bull and Ferrari."
"I think getting number one with this car and regaining the Constructors' World Championship is a great motivation to maintain that level."
Back in 2021, Red Bull and Mercedes were battling for the title until the final lap of the season.
As such, Horner said it was beyond Red Bull's "wildest imagination" to secure both titles for 2022 in such a dominant fashion.
"Honestly, I think it was a lot more than we could have imagined," Horner said of the achievement.
“2021 has been a turbulent year and Adrian [Newey’s] With the focus really on 2021 and the team under him having to lay the groundwork for a 2022 car, it felt like we were going into the season on the back foot.