Red Bull makes a drastic decision that shows its concern: “They can’t afford it”

The Red Bull team plans to change the livery of its F1 cars to The Singapore GP this weekend and the upcoming US GP and Las Vegas. The intention was to paint them with decorations designed by their fans, as part of an initiative that sought the participation of their fans. however, The Milton Keynes team decided to go back and not change its ‘livery’ for one notable reason: to not add weight to the car and not harm the car’s performance.

Since the beginning of the current regulations, which were issued in 2022, more and more teams have added unpainted areas to their cars, leaving the black of the carbon fiber exposed to save weight on the paint, of some basic grams to increase the performance of their cars. All this, because of the difficulty that all the sets had in reaching the minimum weight established by the regulations.

And in this case, it is clear that Red Bull is not going through its best moment and they do not want to allow themselves the luxury of adding even a single gram of paint to their cars to increase their performance. When they launched the tournament, they dominated comfortably, but from the past Miami GP, Red Bull suffered a big downturn and they no longer have the best car on the grid. His car had many balance problems and in Baku, after many difficult races, they introduced a new floor that worked, where Checo was aiming for the podium until his accident, although Max Verstappen He continued to have complications with his car and was far from the fight for pole and victory.

For this reason, according to ‘Motorsport.com’, Red Bull has decided to cancel its initiative to change the decoration of its cars because they understand that this is not the time to take actions that could damage their car, even for a few grams.

This is what the team itself announced to the participants of the said initiative after they sent their designs.

“Unfortunately, when we got to the stage of testing what some designs could look like on the RB20, we discovered that the paint used to create these custom liveries that completely replaced the car added no expected and undue weight on the RB20’s bodywork,” team comments.

“As we’re sure you can imagine, any extra weight compromises performance and the team continues to prioritize making this car as competitive as possible. possible for the remainder of the 2024 season. As a result, it is with great regret that we must report that the team has decided not to use the special liveries on the RB20 at the Singapore GP and US GP.”end of the aforementioned statement.

The reaction in the networks

On social networks, many fans spoke about it. “They can’t afford it,” said a fan on social network ‘X’, highlighting their drop in results.

“Despair,” exclaimed one, this decision directly related to the team’s poor results. Some have even joked about the option of the 2025 Red Bull having blacker trim to save weight.