Red Bull for the wet qualifying had decided not to mount the new calipers that the team developed together with Brembo and which made their debut in free practice for the Canadian GP.
The pouring rain and low temperatures, in fact, had advised to carry out the timed session for the definition of the grid with the usual brake calipers, that is to say the shiny ones typical of the color of aluminum lithium the traditional material with which the calipers are made. .
If the mechanics couldn’t get their hands on poleman Max Verstappen’s RB18, they could work on Sergio Perez’s car instead. Yesterday the Mexican crashed into the barriers with the front, causing the interruption of Q2 with a red flag, so the team of Milton Keynes was able to intervene on the number 11 car to restore the damaged parts.
In the Red Bull garage this morning they restored Sergio Perez’s RB18 after yesterday’s crash
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Red Bull had to rebuild the front part of the car and the new front calipers were also included in the shopping list, easily recognizable by the darker color due to the treatment to which they were subjected to favor the dispersion of heat inside. of the drum and avoid overheating problems in the corners that have occurred on the RB18.
Sergio Perez, therefore, will have a braking system that can be exploited more fully than Verstappen: the technical director Pierre Waché wanted to offer the Mexican driver the opportunity to push hard in the comeback that he will be called to do in the race on a very selective track. for brakes like the one in Montreal.
Obviously, the different color of the caliper by the FIA is not considered a modification, given that by regulation on cars damaged and repaired in the parc fermé regime, parts equal to the damaged ones must be fitted. The design of the forceps is identical, but not the way they were treated.
Focus on the new Red Bull Racing RB18 brake caliper
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Focus on the untreated Red Bull RB18 brake caliper
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
Checo’s role will be strategic: eventually he will have to keep Charles Leclerc’s return from the rear with Ferrari at bay, while he will try to get back into the group to earn useful points in the match for the Constructors’ World Championship.
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