Red Bull believes that the DRS glitch that frustrated Max Verstappen in the qualifying and finals of the F1 Round 6 Spanish Grand Prix may have been caused by “too ambitious” weight reduction, and will be in the next F1 Monaco Grand Prix. He revealed his intention to temporarily eliminate the parts by returning to the heavier conventional parts.
Verstappen was deprived of the chance to fight for poles in qualifying because the DRS did not work, and overtook George Russell (Mercedes) in the race. It wasn’t that he didn’t work completely, but he was in a state of instability, with or without working.
Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s motorsports adviser, explained that the problem was due to weight reduction, and team representative Christian Horner said the effort to reduce weight was “too ambitious.” It may be. “
Red Bull’s 2022 F1 machine “RB18” is known as one of the machines that greatly exceeds the minimum machine weight specified by the rules, 798 kg.
Marco reached the “limit” as a result of making the parts lighter, and he said that the rigidity may have been impaired or the parts may have bent, and “whether it is 2 kg heavy or light is not relevant in Monte Carlo. No, “he said, and at the Monaco Grand Prix, he announced his intention to cut the rigidity and roll back to the old parts.
The same problem did not occur with Sergio Perez driving the same RB18 because the lightweight package around the rear wing was not yet installed.
Marco said, “In a situation where development is being carried out at the current speed, it is not possible to suddenly prepare everything on two machines.”
In response to the trouble that occurred in qualifying Q3, Red Bull exchanged the DRS flap pivot and DRS actuator of the first car RB18 before the final of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Sky Sports’ Ted Krabits described the work at this time as “stray work” and said, “It’s not the best time for Red Bull, because we were forced to make such a big change just before the start of the race. Had to resort to a violent, stray method of sanding, painting and putting back some of the carbon. “
“I can understand” Verstappen’s frustration in the final, “he must have pressed the (DRS activated) button 50 times on one straight. This is a problem to be improved.” Told.