I was not planning to take my Car x Pen series into Formula One territory but an unscheduled pit stop at a local Toys ‘R’ Us (yes, they still exist in Singapore), revealed that Tomica has a couple of F1 racers for sale. And the one that caught my eye was the Red Bull Honda RB16B.
My interest in F1 racing comes and goes. There are periods when nothing moves me at all… and it takes some remarkable performance from man and machine to pique my interest. The RB cars in their dark blue, red and yellow livery is one of these moments.
Seeing the Tomica immediately evoked a memory of the Korean limited gradient Graph 1000. Although the Graph has black instead of dark blue, the way the flashes of red and yellow stands out is identical in my mind.
I recall reading that Honda announced that they will be ending their run with Red Bull, so 2025 will be the swan song for this truly iconic racing livery.