Pink Bull has deserted its plan to run a particular livery at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix as a result of doing so would have elevated the load of its RB20.
The crew launched its ‘Rebl Custms’ livery competitors in April, inviting followers to craft particular designs for its automobile based mostly on a sequence of pre-defined templates. The primary fan creation appeared through the British Grand Prix weekend.
Additional particular designs have been because of seem at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix and subsequent month’s United States Grand Prix on the Circuit of the Americas. Nonetheless the crew has now confirmed this is not going to go forward with a view to keep away from including additional weight to their automobile.
Max Verstappen certified fourth for the British Grand Prix within the custom-liveried RB20, 0.3 seconds off pole-winner George Russell. He completed the race second to Lewis Hamilton within the different Mercedes.
Pink Bull have suffered a pointy decline in efficiency in comparison with their rivals because the begin of the season. Having received seven of the primary 10 grands prix they haven’t received any of the final seven rounds. McLaren overtook them on the prime of the constructors’ championship standings final weekend in Azerbaijan and Lando Norris has reduce Verstappen’s lead within the drivers’ championship to 59 factors.
The crew’s first automobile design to fulfill F1’s overhauled technical rules in 2022 was chubby. A profitable weight discount programme that 12 months reworked the RB19 right into a dominant machine.
Pink Bull retained clear superiority over the sphere throughout 2023 when it received all bar one of many 22 rounds. It launched its {custom} livery competitors that season and received the three races the place the particular designs appeared.
Mercedes will run a particular livery at this weekend’s race however has not indicated whether or not doing so would add any weight to the W15. Ferrari, McLaren, RB and Alpine have additionally run one-off livery designs through the course of the season.
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