RED BULL have revealed a colourful one-off livery for the Miami Grand Prix – but some fans are fearing they could be hit by an F1 curse.
The championship leaders have enjoyed a comfortable start to the season with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez clocking up two wins each from the four races.
APRed Bull’s usual livery – as seen in last week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix – is set to undergo some changes[/caption]
Twitter@FastestPitStopFans have not been left particularly excited by the blue and pink stripes added along the side[/caption]
Verstappen is looking to make it three driver’s championships in a row as Ferrari and Mercedes continue to flounder.
Up next for the team is the second running of the Miami Grand Prix which the Dutchman won last year.
And Red Bull will be running a special livery to mark the American race.
The paintwork of the car has not seen sweeping changes but has seen colourful stripes added along the side.
A light blue strip now runs along the length of the car while a pink strip runs alongside the front.
It is only a tinker to the livery and fans have been left underwhelmed by the minor changes.
One fan said: “Are those two stripes the only thing that changed?”
Another said: “That’s it???”
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While one simply declared: “Meh.”
And an even more disapproving fan simply said: “Ugh.”
F1 watchers have already picked up on Red Bull’s unwillingness to venture too far from their famous colour scheme.
The only time in recent memory when Red Bull have done something completely different was in the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix.
In a tribute to outgoing engine partner Honda, the team unveiled a stunning all-white livery.
Verstappen and Perez finished second and third in the wet-dry race that day, avoiding the F1 curse that has afflicted some teams who run different designs.
ReutersRed Bull’s last one-off special livery at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix was far more eye-catching[/caption]
The most famous example is the 2019 German Grand Prix when a dominant Mercedes team had a nightmare.
Both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas crashed in the infamous wet race, with Hamilton also having to endure a 50-second long pit stop after chaos and confusion reigned in the Mercedes garage.
Daniel Ricciardo was also lapped by his own teammate at the Monaco race in 2021 when McLaren had a new paintjob, while Sebastian Vettel finished 3rd-last in the chaotic Tuscan Grand Prix of 2020 when Ferrari employed a darker red livery.
Referencing the curse, one fan said of Red Bull’s new design: “As usual, ‘special livery’ means DNFs [race retirements].”