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Red Bull RB18 is overweight, needs a diet

Red Bull's RB18 may have turned heads around the Barcelona paddock during testing last week, but Adrian Newey's latest Formula 1 brainchild has an underlying weight issue. That is the claim of Auto Motor und Sport who reported that, by far, the only 2022 F1 car exactly on the minimum weight limit is the Alfa Romeo, with the McLaren MCL36 not far off. However it seems that all other cars are having weight problems, as they seem to be exceeding the current minimum weight of 795 kilograms, and some even by double digits. Red Bull's consultant Dr. Helmut Marko did not hide the RB18's weight struggles, and told Germany's Motorsport-Magazin.com: 'The only problem we have is the weight. 'But all...
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