Red Bull RB18 Speculation Thread

[JPower]

Guess we'll have to wait another few weeks.

[Sevach]

Shame Honda is nowhere on the car

There's a small HRC logo at the back.

[MtthsMlw]

So what was the point of this launch?

Placating sponsors and rabid fans. Social media buzz = sponsor attention = money

I see. It now says Oracle on the sidepod

[Just_a_fan]

So what was the point of this launch?

There is no point because it isn't a launch. It's all marketing fluff. The car will "launch" when it hits the track, not before.

[Hoffman900]

So what was the point of this launch?

There is no point because it isn't a launch. It's all marketing fluff. The car will "launch" when it hits the track, not before.

This, it's so the sponsors can put it all over social media, pat each other on the back for their logo being seen on a F1 car, board members trying to justify expensive sponsorship to shareholders, etc.

F1 is first and foremost entertainment and a marketing exercise, and that in turn brings in money to develop said cars. Knowing someone who works for RB corporate, RB's value is in brand not in energy drinks.

[bauc]

This is a insult towards the fans, if you are promoting a livery only, why announce it as a new car?!

[DChemTech]

If that's the livery, that's one ugly '1'. It's hardly recognizable as a character. More like a splotch of tomato sauce after a bit of mozzarella drops of a pizza #homageaufromage

[Hoffman900]

This is a insult, if you are promoting a livery only, why announce it as a new car?!

It is a new car, just not THE car.

[bauc]

This is a insult, if you are promoting a livery only, why announce it as a new car?!

It is a new car, just not THE car.

Hhaha you are technically correct there

[Just_a_fan]

If that's the livery, that's one ugly '1'. It's hardly recognizable as a character. More like a splotch of tomato sauce after a bit of mozzarella drops of a pizza #homageaufromage

It's really not a good bit of graphic design, is it? It doesn't stand out as a number 1 at all.

[west52keep64]

FOM made it too easy for the teams by providing the show car. As expected, most are probably going to pull the same trick. Let's hope we're wrong about that though!

[DChemTech]

I'm following the event via the ANSYS linkedin page. They must be proud how their state of the art aerodynamics software has been utilized to design this ground-breaking car

[bosyber]

The first of the FOM model livery reveals we expected from all teams but were pleasantly surprised by Haas not showing

Yup. Though bc. Haas showed you might put up a render of an early development version of the real thing, having a physical model but of a show car now feels a bit like a letdown, admittedly. Not quite helped by the livery being just about identical apart from an admittedly important for team and sponsors red 1 (indeed not quite as instantly recognizable as you'd think they would make it though) and replacement of HONDA with ORACLE on the sidepods and now we still don't really know how it will look on the real thing. Oh well.

[Just_a_fan]

This is a insult, if you are promoting a livery only, why announce it as a new car?!

It is a new car, just not THE car.

Nah, it's an old car now - this thing has been doing the rounds for months. Here it is last year albeit with a 4-part front wing rather than the 3-part one on Red Bull's "car":


Even the roll hoop air intake is the same shape.

[Hoffman900]

This is a insult, if you are promoting a livery only, why announce it as a new car?!

It is a new car, just not THE car.

Nah, it's an old car now - this thing has been doing the rounds for months. Here it is last year albeit with a 4-part front wing rather than the 3-part one on Red Bull's "car":
https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-conte ... 50x438.jpg

Even the roll hoop air intake is the same shape.

I was being facetious.