#because this feels like performance gain less reliant on windtunnel/cfd time

[paddockpatrol]

Given the success of the RB18 in 2022, it might come as a shock to the competition when Wache explains there is still a lot more "free lap time" to be gained from any additional weight loss next season.

“This year, the updates focused mainly on the weight, but also on the aerodynamic performance of the RB18,” he explains.

Wache confirms the car is still overweight and when asked if they are over by a ballpark figure of three kilos he responded: "No, more!"

"Could be," responded Wache.

"In any case, the car is still substantially too heavy. We can still improve on that next year. The other teams are much closer to the limit, so that's a lot of 'free lap time' as we would call it."

Pierre Wache (x)