LONDON — Even as Red Bull revealed new livery and talked of a new era for the Formula One season, a reminder of last season’s struggles was not far away.
It was right next to the team principal Christian Horner in an east London warehouse.
The refreshed red and dark blue Red Bull Racing colors were merely painted over last year’s car — the one that could not win a race and was only good enough to secure fourth place in the constructors’ championship.
Horner went through the motions talking up the significance of the redesign, saying: “It’s a new beginning for the team, that’s why we had a clean sheet of paper with the livery.