Hours Before Big Reveal, Red Bull Livery Leak Has Fans Disappointed: “Slightly Change Their Shade of Blue…”

The Formula 1 livery reveal season is upon us! Haas became the first team to unveil their 2023 colors, and truth be told, it went down really well with the fans. As things stand, the Milton-Keynes-based outfit will reveal its 2023 livery tomorrow in New York. Now, even though every year fans get excited to see how the teams have donned their creative hats to design their liveries, Red Bull has had a history of disappointing. Don’t get us wrong, the iconic Red Bull livery is one of the most beautiful the sport has seen. That being said, it hasn’t really changed much over the years.

Every year fans yearn to see the reigning world champions do something different. However, every year we get to see the exact same livery. That being said, it would appear that on the back of a dominant 2022, the team from England may have decided to pay heed to what the fans have demanded for so long!

Earlier today, a Reddit user shared a screen-grab of Red Bull engineer Laura Davies’ Instagram story. Davies took to her social media account to countdown with the fans to the Bulls’ livery launch. However, she hid this message in the post, “Red Bull Racing have played it safe with their iconic livery for many years…” Her cryptic post sent F1 fans down a spiraling rabbit hole.

After being let down for so many years, F1 fans aren’t all that convinced about Red Bull’s change of heart.

F1 fans react after Red Bull teases departure from their iconic livery

As soon as the post went viral on Reddit, fans swarmed to the forum to share their thoughts and reactions. Davies may have expected a whirlwind of chatter and hype. That being said, fans were quick to pipe their emotions down. One fan even commented, “Red Bull will slightly change their shade of blue and then make a huge deal of it.”

Let’s take a look at a few of the fan reactions.

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After the Haas reveal, you’d be well within your rights to expect fans to be all hyped up for the remaining 9 teams. Davies herself would’ve been counting on this! But the fans don’t want to get their expectations too high.

One fan wrote, “Considering we’ve seen the merch already it’s hardly going to be a surprise.” Whilst another said, “instead of matte navy it’s going to be GLOSS navy.” Some fans were even skeptical about this being about their actual race livery. “It’s probably just a testing livery they’re teasing.”

There was even sarcasm in the air! “I knew it…they will have a glossy black HALO.” Supposedly, the 2023 team merchandise has been leaked online. And it sports the same old Red Bull colors. This is exactly why the fans are so apprehensive about the Bulls changing their ways. “The outfit leak has sort of put paid to this.”

For a few fans, though, they’d rather settle with the standard Red Bull livery. “I hope it’s not going back to purple. I find the current livery scheme (especially 2021) gorgeous and iconic in its own way. Won’t complain if we go white tho.” All in all, at least a little change would be preferred. “While I like the blue Red Bull, I‘d like to see something different for a change.”

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Do you think Red Bull will try something bold and different in 2023? Or was this just a false alarm?