Red Bull cancel Singapore GP plans as Christian Horner oversees Azerbaijan ‘post-mortem’

Crimson Bull endured one other irritating race in Baku on Sunday, main Christian Horner to conduct what he described as a ‘autopsy’ forward of the Singapore Grand Prix

Crimson Bull have cancelled plans to present their automobiles a particular livery on the Singapore Grand Prix as a consequence of efficiency issues.

Max Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez have been as a consequence of race in bespoke designs beneath the lights on the Marina Bay road circuit. Sunday’s race is of nice significance, although, and Crimson Bull cannot afford any additional setbacks after a nightmare Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Three-time world champion Verstappen solely managed P5 after being overtaken by drivers’ championship rival Lando Norris whereas Perez crashed out on the penultimate lap as he pushed for a podium place alongside Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz. The pair’s mixed woes resulted in McLaren transferring high of the constructors’ championship standings for the primary time in 2024.

Crimson Bull have had points with their RB20 over the previous few months however earlier this yr, the Milton Keynes-based workforce had invited its followers to provide you with livery designs that will be run on the British, Singapore and USA Grands Prix this season. However the designs add a small quantity of weight, costing them round 0.03 seconds per lap, and Crimson Bull do not need to take any possibilities.

In an announcement launched on Wednesday morning, the workforce stated: “Sadly once we got here to the testing section of what some REBL CUSTMS designs may appear to be, in actual life, on the RB20, we discovered the paint used to create these bespoke full automotive takeover liveries added unexpected and undue weight to the bodywork of the RB20.

“As I am positive you’ll be able to think about, any extra weight compromises efficiency and the workforce are persevering with to prioritise making this automotive as aggressive as doable for the rest of the 2024 season. Because of this, it’s with a heavy coronary heart that we should let you realize the workforce has made the choice to not run the REBL CUSTMS liveries on the RB20 on the Singapore and United States GPs.”

Though Marina Bay proved to be Crimson Bull’s most tough observe final season, workforce principal Christian Horner is hoping that Verstappen and Perez will come away from this weekend a lot happier. Horner anticipated a ‘massive autopsy’ into their ongoing troubles, acknowledging that Crimson Bull ‘want to grasp’ the problems that the RB20 is going through, regardless of bringing upgrades to Baku.

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“I believe there will be an enormous autopsy to see what the variances between the 2 automobiles are, that are clearly moderately delicate,” he defined. “However he was not as comfy as Checo [Perez] was as we speak, so clearly we have to get into that to grasp why.

“I believe Max, clearly, we have to take a look at the variances and arrange. He wasn’t as blissful along with his automotive as Checo was. However I believe in the event you take Checo because the baseline right here, I believe that we’ve got made enhancements. We simply want to grasp the variations and, once more, enhance additional.”

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