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Red Bull's 'doodle' livery set for Christie's auction

Red Bull has come up with a special 'graffiti' livery created by designer Mr Doodle presented on its 2018 RB14 car that will be auctioned off to raise funds for the Wings for Life charity.

The team released pictures of the black-and-white design on social media just before the formal launch event for this year's RB19 in New York City, which sported a rather more familiar official race livery.

"We're going to auction that car for our nominated charity Wings for Life, and every single penny from that auction for that car is going to go to the charity," said Horner.

"The auction opens today through Christie's. It's going to look great in somebody's living room or wall! It's a fantastic piece of art, you have to say."

Alfa Romeo unveiled a similar non-racing livery this week for its own fund raising initiative for Save the Children with the car to be auctioned at the end of the year after a global tour.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.