Exclusive: How Red Bull successfully adapted to F1's 2022 regulations
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...