Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Red Bull says it can't afford the weight of a special livery, and the junior Red Bull team went with an absurd denim look

Motorsports:
The Milton Keynes-based squad had invited its followers to come up with bespoke livery designs that would be run at the British, Singapore and USA races this season. 
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While the performance difference is only worth around 0.03 seconds per lap, based on how close things are at the front of the grid the team concluded it could not risk compromising its championship efforts because of a marketing campaign.     

Meanwhile, the junior Red Bull team should have also claimed it couldn't afford the weight of extra paint:








Back to Red Bull, racing some street cleaners: