Over the past few years, it has been common for the Red Bull Formula 1 team to vary its liveries when special races arrived. Bizarre designs that were slightly different from the usual ones appeared on circuits such as Miami or Las Vegas. Until now. Because Red Bull has cancelled all its special liveries.
While the other teams were juggling to save some weight and gain some speed, Red Bull had other methods to go fast and afford to waste paint. The constructors’ world championship is very uphill and the drivers’ championship is also in danger, Red Bull has made a U-turn in its decoration policy.
Red Bull has cancelled its special designs in Singapore and Austin to reduce weight
There will be no special Red Bull liveries neither at the Singapore Grand Prix nor at the United States Grand Prix. Although the energy drink brand had announced at the beginning of the season that it would be sporting special colours for the next two races, those plans have now been completely scrapped.
The reason? According to the team, “those decorations made the car gain weight”In other words, at the beginning of the season, when they thought they were going to be over the top, they announced some special decorations that made them gain weight. Now they have had to withdraw them because things are not in a position to go any slower.
Let us remember that in the last race, in Baku, McLaren takes the lead in the constructors’ championship by overtaking Red BullThe Papaya team has a 20-point lead in the standings, while the drivers’ championship is also in danger for Max Verstappen: Lando Norris is only 59 points behind in the standings.
Red Bull had planned to use a special livery in Singapore imitating the car that Hamda Al Qubaisi uses the F1 Academythe women’s competition that will also take place in Marina Bay. However, both that and the one in Austin have been cancelled to lighten the load. A black war that Red Bull had not entered until now.
In recent years, all Formula 1 teams except Red Bull have abused the use of black to leave areas of their cars unpainted and to reduce weight. Now Red Bull is in such a bind that it also has to resort to it. We’ll see. what’s happening in las vegasthe penultimate race of the world championship where Red Bull also usually makes changes.
The special liveries for Singapore and COTA have unfortunately been canceled
Red Bull does not want to add any more weight to the car. pic.twitter.com/5NAYAv35Oj
— RBR Daily (@RBR_Daily) September 17, 2024
It probably depends on how close the World Cup is by then. But what is clear is that Red Bull can no longer be complacent.
Source: www.motorpasion.com
