The Red Bull RB14 was a

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designed and constructed by

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to compete during the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by

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and

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, and made its competitive début at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. Like its predecessors the RB12 and RB13, the RB14 used a

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engine badged as a

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. The RB14 was the last car built by Red Bull Racing to use customer Renault engines as the team switched to

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power in .

Design and development

Following difficult pre-season tests in and in which the team attended the first tests with older-model cars, Red Bull announced that they would launch the RB14 earlier in the year than they had with the RB12 and RB13. Where previous cars had been delayed to allow the team more time to develop the chassis in their factory, the team brought the launch of the RB14 forward to gather more on-track data. Team principal

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justified the decision by revealing that analysis of the team's performances in 2016 and 2017 showed that while the chassis were competitive by the end of the season, the decision to delay their respective launches had resulted in an uncompetitive car at the start of the championship. The RB14 made its public début in February. Daniel Ricciardo completed a

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of the car at the

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one week before pre-season testing began.

Livery

Ricciardo and Verstappen competed in the United States Grand Prix wearing special cowboy-styled race suits as a special tribute to Austin and Texas.

Complete Formula One results

( key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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