Amalgam Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 - 2022 Dutch Grand Prix | Max Verstappen 1:4 SCALE

Amalgam Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 - 2022 Dutch Grand Prix | Max Verstappen 1:4 SCALE

• Limited to just 18 pieces per driver
• As raced by Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez in the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort on the 4th of September 2022
• Pérez models made to order
• Each model hand-built and assembled by a small team of craftsmen
• 1:4 scale model, over 1 metre/41 inches long
• Made using the finest quality materials
• Over 4500 hours to develop the model
• Over 450 hours to build each model
• Thousands of precisely engineered parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components
• Built using original CAD designs and paint codes supplied by Oracle Red Bull Racing

The car that returned the World Constructors’ Championship to Milton Keynes after an eight-year absence, the RB18 was Oracle Red Bull Racing’s competitor for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, and will be forever remembered as the car that dominated the first year of the new aerodynamics era. Swiftly becoming one of the most successful cars in the sport’s history, the RB18 won seventeen of the twenty-two races, fifteen with reigning World Champion Max Verstappen and two in the hands of Sergio Pérez.

The RB18 proved to be a masterful response to a set of radically new aerodynamic regulations for the 2022 season, which proved problematic for most other teams. 

Overall, the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 earned seventeen wins, eleven further podiums, eight pole positions and eight fastest laps, scoring 759 points and winning Oracle Red Bull Racing the World Drivers’ Championship and World Constructors’ Championship.

The fine 1:4 scale model of the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 is based on the car raced by Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez in the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort on the 4th of September 2022. Bouncing back from a gearbox issue in practice, Verstappen earned pole position in front of his home crowd by just two-hundredths of a second over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, whilst Pérez started fifth after a spin on his final qualifying lap. Verstappen started strongly, maintaining his lead into the first corner despite a similarly strong charge from Leclerc. Steadily building the gap, Verstappen seemed assured of victory after taking advantage of a virtual safety car period to complete his second pit stop, keeping him ahead of the Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Pérez, meanwhile, largely maintained his fifth position, losing out to Russell in the second phase as the Briton took advantage of fresher tyres, but already having gained a position in the pit phase after Ferrari ran into issues with Carlos Sainz’ pit stop. Pérez also avoided damage after running over a carelessly placed wheel gun, an incident that Ferrari were later fined for.

On lap 55, a full safety car was called following the engine failure of Valtteri Bottas’ Alfa Romeo. Both Red Bulls pitted, as did Russell and Leclerc, whilst Hamilton stayed out on medium tyres. Verstappen re-took the lead almost immediately at the restart, and cruised to a second successive victory in front of a jubilant sea of orange. Pérez lost out to Sainz on softer tyres and was unable to retake the position before the race’s end. However, the Spaniard was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe release during his last pit stop, giving Pérez back the fifth place he had maintained for the majority of the race. The race victory was Max Verstappen’s thirtieth career win, and Red Bull’s eighty-sixth win overall in Formula 1.

This model has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops utilising the original CAD data, finishes and paint codes supplied directly by Oracle Red Bull Racing. The completed prototype has undergone detailed scrutiny at the hands of the Oracle Red Bull Racing’s design and engineering departments to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

The Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 is strictly limited to 18 pieces at 1:4 scale.