The Red Bull team presented its single-seater for the 2022 Formula 1 season, the RB18 , its weapon to try to revalidate the title that Max Verstappen won last year and go for its next goal, to get the constructors’ championship that escaped by just 28 points.
Slide the indicator that you will see right in the center of each image to switch between the two photos and see how visually different the Red Bull RB16B of 2021 (on the right) is compared to the Red Bull RB18 of this season with the new regulations (on the right). the left).
The energy drink team did not present any great novelty compared to last year, since it will wear the same colors as in 2021, with an absolute predominance of the characteristic dark blue that they have worn since 2016, along with red and yellow, corporate tones of the company. However, there is a big change in the nomenclature, as Red Bull will receive Oracle as main sponsor, which will cause a change in the official name of the team.
Regarding the design of the RB18, it can be seen how the new regulations have affected it, although it is not possible to draw great conclusions because Helmut Marko himself, adviser to the Milton Keynes group, stated that the presentation car would be a model base adapted to the 2022 rules, and that the real single-seater would be seen in the pre-season tests, which begin on February 23 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
What you can see is a very different ‘airbox’, in addition to the adapted rear wing and covered tires. There is also a longer nose completely in yellow, very similar to the one used by the teams it sponsors in Formula 2 , so it says goodbye to its particular tip with two aerodynamic inlets.
