by German publication Auto Motor und Sport, Red Bull are rumoured to have foun෴d a way to lower their RB18 car on the straight using an old trick to boo⭕st their top speed. 

It is thought that Red Bull are able to lower their chassis on the second part of the♐ straight, which is where the RB18 is the class of the field in terms of top speed. 

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While Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton spent 18 laps stuck behind168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen was able to get p☂ast the four-time world champion in one.  

Verstappen was the fastest driver at all four top-speed🎐 measuring points at the Marina Bay Street Circuit by a sඣignificant margin. 

Four-time world champion Vettel hinted at a suspension trick when he 🐟;noted how difficult it is to defend against the Red 𝓡Bull. 

"You can't defend yourself ♔against the Red Bull. He drops the rear and flies past you,” Vettel said.&nbꦫsp;

Despite the rumoured collapsible rear suspensꩵion, Red Bull can run their car at a higher rear rake angle compared to their rivals. 

Red Bull’s straightline speed has also drawn attention from Ferrari’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Charles Leclerc, who said: “This has nothing to do with aerodynamics. Ther♛e is something mechanical behind it.”

Mercedes enjoyed a similar top ꧒speed edge over the field towards the end of the 2021 season, leading Red Bull to suspect their rival had﷽ been running a flexible rear wing. 

While the clever suspension trick is nothing new, it is harder to implement with con꧂ventional dampers and springs now that hydraulic suspensions are banned in F1. 

It also adds weight to the car, which might offer some explanation behind one of the areas Red Bull have struggled with in 2022, particularly at the start of the campaign.&nb𝓰sp;

Verstappen recently highlighted Red Bull’s battle to shed weight from 🌃their RB18 challenger. 

"The car was very overweight,” 🥃he explained at Monza. 

“It was just the wrong place of the car as well as overweight, so that's why it was just understee🐲ring a lot more and prone to front locking.”

A Mercedes engineer told AMuS that “the Red Bull has the highest g🐬round clearance at the rear when s🎀tationary and the lowest at high-speed.

“Making somethi🐻ng like this with a conventional chassis costs space and weight. We♔ didn't have one thing, nor could we afford the other.”