Red Bull unveils 2016 liveryposted in F117 | 02 | 2016
RED BULL UNVEILED its 2016 Formula One livery today at an event in London: but the car used was a 2015 model. The 2016 RB12 racer only passed its final crash test an hour before and won't be revealed until the first official F1 test at Barcelona on Monday.
Team boss Christian Horner said that, having lost title sponsor Infiniti, and with Tag Heuer coming on board to badge the team's Renault engines, it delivered Red Bull the opportunity to rework the traditional colour scheme it has raced in F1.
As a result, it has ditched its traditional blue base colour, opting instead for darker matt paint scheme. This is enhanced by yellow lines around the logo on the engine cover, and bold red lettering replacing the Infiniti branding on the sidepod.
"We decided that with a clean sheet of paper to go with something a bit more innovative, aggressive, that will stand out in the crowd and stand out in a few more drivers' mirrors," Horner said. "It looks right and things that tend to look right, go right."
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Jim McGill