Number 1 will return to the Formula 1 grid in 2022 and will do so aboard the champion car Max Verstappen. Red Bull has confirmed that it will present its new single-seater, the RB18 that this year will be piloted by the Dutchman and his partner Sergio Pérez, next wednesday 9th februarytwo weeks before the start of the pre-season tests at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, scheduled for February 23-25.
The energy drinks team will be the second to reveal the appearance of its car, after Haas, which will ‘open the curtain’ on the Formula 1 presentations on February 4. Five days later it will be the turn of the Austrians, followed by Aston Martin (10) McLaren (11). All the teams have already reserved the date of their ‘come-out’, except Williams.
“The countdown begins. The RB18 is coming,” the Red Bull team shared today on their networks:
The countdown begins ⏱ #RB18 coming ?
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— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) February 3, 2022
The RB18, with the specifications adapted to the new regulations that come into force this year in F1, will be the 18th single-seater of the Milton Keynes group and the first with the number 1 on the chassis since 2014, when Sebastian Vettel He wore it in his last season at Red Bull, after winning his fourth title.
The team he leads Christian Horner added 11 victories in 2021. ‘Mad Max’ took a total of 10 (Emilia Romaña, Monaco, France, Styria, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, USA, Mexico and Abu Dhabi) to proclaim himself champion ‘in extremis’ in the controversy Abu Dhabi final, while ‘Checo’ Pérez won the Azerbaijan GP. Red Bull missed out on the teams’ world championship against Mercedes, which chained its eighth victory. Those from Brackley, who will present their car on February 18, have not yet cleared up the doubt as to whether they will finally be able to count on their seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who ended up very affected by his KO against Verstappen. However, F1 assumes that the British will continue and will be at the Mercedes presentation.
PRESENTATION CALENDAR 2022
Haas VF-22 February 4
Red Bull RB18 February 9
Aston Martin AMR22 February 10
McLaren MCL36 February 11
AlphaTauri AT03 Feb 14
Ferrari F1-75 February 17
Mercedes W13 February 18
Alpine A522 Feb 21
Alfa Romeo C42 February 27
Williams TBC