Red Bull Racing F1 car start: RB16B

Red Bull Racing F1 car start: RB16B

Red Bull Racing was the fourth team of 10 to finally unveil its 2021 challenger ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Like McLaren, however, it’s another copy and paste.

Since 2016, Red Bull have been identical to their F1 liveries, which in a way become a uniform for the elite motorsport brand.

While this isn’t a bad thing as it helps fans, commentators, and sports writers identify the car when other new paint jobs are running around. It’s a boring decision.

Granted, F1 is popular not for its creative paint-job concepts, but for its high-speed races. In addition to its innovative and unique technical achievements.

copy and paste

Accept the differences with the new floor / bargeboard regulations for the coming season, where the floor of the car becomes narrower towards the rear. Red Bull has opted for literal copy-and-paste technology for its RB16.

Understandably, some of the new upgrades introduced from the car in 2020 carried over to the rear wing. The Milton Keynes outfit went for a single rear wing pillar on the back that connects to the rear wing and the DRS system.

No more Aston Martin

Since Lawrence Stroll bought a large stake in Aston Martin earlier this year, the Canadian has been the British manufacturer’s new chairman. This has resulted in Racing Point being renamed Aston Martin Racing that year, which means Red Bull can no longer run with Aston Martin as the title sponsor.

This explains why the energy drink team chose Honda on the tail and nose and replaced the previous sponsors on their new paint job.

The move itself will also have a positive impact on Red Bull’s relationship with the Japanese engine supplier, which will allow the team to continue using its F1 engine technology before the engine freezes in 2022.

We hope you enjoyed the launch of the Red Bull Racing F1 car: RB16B! What do you think of the new Red Bull contender? Let us know in the comments!

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