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Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey says he was embarrassed by the team's RB18 – even though the car proved the class of the field and eased to both Championships. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez used the RB18 to win a combined 17 of the 22 races in the 2022 F1 season, with Verstappen setting new individual records for the number of wins and points in a single season. However, like many other teams, Red Bull initially struggled to get down to the minimum weight limit of 798kg. At the season opener in Bahrain, the RB18 tipped the scales some 20kg over the permitted limit, being around 5kg heavier than Mercedes and 10kg more than Ferrari – a state of affairs that Newey called 'almost embarrassing'. "A lot of things came together that drove the weight up more than expected," Newey told Auto Motor und Sport , adding that the change from 13- to 18-inch wheels had had a bigger impact than anticipated. "The tyres were heavier than we initiall...

After a pandemic-induced delay of 12 months, 2022 saw the long-awaited arrival of a brand new set of F1 technical regulations aimed at making the racing more exciting. The new rules include tighter limits on bodywork, a move from 13-inch to 18-inch tyres, and the reintroduction of ground effect as a means of generating downforce. This ensured that teams had little to no carryover from their 2021 cars, forcing designers to start with a blank sheet of paper in penning their 2022 mounts. In the first season under F1's new rules, Red Bull emerged as the class of the field, winning both Drivers' and Constructors' titles with relative ease, with Max Verstappen setting a new record of 15 Grand Prix wins in a single season. But despite Red Bull seemingly having hit upon a winning formula in 2022, the team's Chief Designer Paul Monaghan says there were several hurdles to overcome in order to find the RB18's sweet spot. "Fundamentally, the aerodynamic deman...