The German Grand Prix returned to Nürburgring in 2009 where Mark Webber secured his first pole position and first win in Red Bull RB9, although he was awarded a drive through penalty for hitting Barrichello at the start of the race.

Renault has introduced a new qualifying mode for its 2018 F1 engine in Austrian GP, which was originally planned for Monza, while additional power will be available to Renault factory team and both McLaren and Red Bull.

On this day in 2010, Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber collided when they were leading Turkish GP and in the end only Webber managed to finish the race in third place behind the two McLarens.

Red Bull has, like the other teams, brought a special version of their rear wing for low downforce requirements, which is in line with last year's version for very fast track in Baku, with a very flat main plane and shallower flap for better top speed.

Red Bull F1 team boss Christian Horner has suggested that Formula 1 shoult ban special engine modes to avoid major differences in performance between the qualifiying and race we have seen over the past few years.

Lewis Hamilton continued to set the fastest time on the first race of the season and was the fastest in the second free practice for Mercedes, but Max Verstappen managed to split Hamilton and his teammate Valtteri Bottas while teams reduced the gap behind Mercedes.

Red Bull je na predsezonskim testiranjima isprobao novi aerodinamički element ispred bočnih stranica po uzoru na Mercedes koji takvu peraju koristi još od prošle godine, a ove godine počeo ju je koristiti i Williams.

Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time of 2018 F1 testing in Barcelona, ​​a second faster than last year's pole position, ahead of two Mercedes drivers Hamilton and Bottas while Renault drivers completed 190 laps, largest figure of all teams on this year's testing.

Daniel Ricciardo finished the first day of pre-season testing in Barcelona on top of the timesheets with best time 1:20.179 set on medium Pirelli tyres, but he was also the only driver with more than 100 laps.

Daniel Ricciardo has damaged a new 2018 Red Bull F1 car RB14 on the first test as part of a filming day in Silverstone, but the team says their plans for the new season remain unchanged.