After a start to the season in which reliability has caused headaches for the energy drink team, Red Bull continues to look for solutions around the RB18.
In order to emerge unscathed from the high temperatures this weekend at the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix, the Austrian team has taken a step back in the weight of its car, with the aim of preventing the excessive lightening of its car from once again assuming a problem like the one Max Verstappen suffered with the DRS at the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix.
For the seventh round of the Formula 1 season in 2022, the Milton Keynes team took a more traditional rear wing and in the first free practice session the Dutchman did not suffer any strange problems, working mainly with the race in mind, leaving Sergio Pérez with the complicated task of fighting against the Ferrari.
There were those who noticed that at the rear of the chassis that joins the side with the engine hood, just in front of the front arm of the lower triangle, a new hot air outlet appeared that had never been seen before.
A modification that was made taking into account the 31º C expected in the air and the 54º C on the asphalt, which were already present during the first two free practice sessions.
They have obviously made an adjustment to the steering angle to allow Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez to tackle the Loews and Rascasse hairpins.
The geometry of the front suspension has been changed to overcome without any shock a type of curve that is not found on any other track on the calendar of the highest category of motorsport.
Among the curiosities of the RB18 , we had missed the placement of a brake fluid reservoir inside the bellies, immediately behind the upper anti-intrusion cone in an area of the car that is highly protected in the event of an impact.
It is possible that there is a tray on each side of the car considering that said braking system is divided. The trays are usually placed at the front of the car, protruding from the frame.
However, Adrian Newey has found it convenient to move some of the weight of the car to a more central area, reducing the channels.
