Red Bull has revealed the primary pictures of the RB21, its new automotive for the 2025 System 1 season.
The automotive is because of run for the primary time immediately on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit, the place the crew will conduct a filming day forward of the beginning of testing tomorrow. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen and new crew mate Liam Lawson are each on account of drive.
The primary pictures issued by the crew reveal little of their new automotive. The crew might be hoping the RB21 can hit the identical efficiency peaks as its predecessor, however achieve this extra persistently, as Verstappen grew to become pissed off with the automotive’s stability because the season progressed.
Purple Bull has been probably the most profitable F1 crew for the reason that present floor impact rules have been launched. Nonetheless after back-to-back constructors’ championship wins in 2022 and 2023, they fell to 3rd within the standings final 12 months.
Lawson’s arrival instead of Sergio Perez is certainly one of a number of vital adjustments on the crew. It has misplaced a number of key members of employees, foremost amongst them its former chief technical director Adrian Newey, broadly considered F1’s foremost engineer. He’ll be part of Aston Martin this 12 months.
Purple Bull has additionally misplaced its sporting director Jonathan Wheatley, who will be part of Sauber as its crew principal. Steve Knowles will fulfil his function because the crew’s new performing head of sporting.
Will Courtenay stays the crew’s head of race technique in the meanwhile, however he is because of transfer to McLaren.
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Moreover Verstappen, who’s contracted to Purple Bull till 2028, probably the most vital fixed is crew principal Christian Horner. Regardless of appreciable hypothesis over his future 12 months in the past, when he was the topic of an inner investigation over his conduct, which cleared him, Horner stays in command of the crew he introduced into F1 20 years in the past.
The RB21’s livery, which was introduced on the F1 75 launch occasion every week in the past, is essentially unchanged from final 12 months. Probably the most distinguished exception is the change of sponsor on its rear wing.
Footage: 2025 Purple Bull RB21
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