Red Bull has canceled their plans to showcase a special livery at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, citing concerns that it would have added unnecessary weight to the RB20 and impacted its performance.

The team launched its 'Rebl Custms' livery competition in April, inviting fans to design unique liveries based on set templates. The first fan-designed livery was featured at the British Grand Prix with additional special liveries scheduled for the Singapore Grand Prix and next month’s United States Grand Prix.

However, Red Bull has confirmed these plans have been canceled to prevent adding extra weight to the car, which might have had an impact on the performance. 

As McLaren has jumped the Milton Keynes-based team in the Constructor’s Championship standings after last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Red Bull would be practically working only against themselves, if they ran the liveries as originally planned.

The official statement from Red Bull Racing, which had been deleted soon after posting, stated as follows:

“Unfortunately, when we came to the testing phase of what some REBL CUSTMS designs could look like in real life on the RB20, we found the paint used to create these bespoke full car takeover liveries added unforeseen and undone weight to the bodywork of the RB20.

“As I’m sure you can imagine, any additional weight compromises performance and the team are continuing to prioritise making this car as competitive as possible for the remainder of the 2024 season.

“As a result, it is with a heavy heart that we must let you know the team has made the decision to not run the REBL CUSTMS liveries on the RB20 at the Singapore and United States GPs.”

Red Bull is now putting in extra effort to fix the car issues as soon as possible and return to their winning form, with both championships still in the game.