White livery for Coulthard’s last race
It emerged on Thursday that, for David Coulthard's final race, his RB4 will be painted predominantly white, in deference to the 'Wings for Life' foundation.
The other Renault-powered Red Bull, driven by Mark Webber, will feature the team's usual dark blue livery.
"We had permission from all the teams to run my car in an independent livery which I think is a first in this modern era of formula one," Coulthard said at Interlagos.
In 1999, BAR asked for permission to run two distinct liveries, in the colors of British America Tobacco's brands 555 and Lucky Strike, but the teams did not agree.
The situation resulted in the new team running an identical split livery on both cars.
F1's sporting regulations state that both cars belonging to the same team must have the same livery, with only minor differences allowed, including the car number, and the drivers' nationality flag and name.
10/30/08 (GMM) David Coulthard's Red Bull will feature a special livery in Brazil this weekend for the last race of his 15-year formula one career.
Mechanics for the Milton Keynes based squad were at Interlagos spotted working on a predominantly white RB4, also featuring brown on the front wing, and the words 'Wings For Life'.
"I'm dedicating my last race to the vision of making paraplegia curable," said the Scot, referring to the Red Bull-backed spinal cord research foundation.
Scot Coulthard, 37, made his debut at the age of 23 for Williams in 1994, going on to contest a further 246 grands prix for McLaren and Red Bull.