Red Bull have pulled the covers off the RB17, the hypercar led by chief technical officer Adrian Newey that will be his final design project with the team. The £5million machine will be unveiled to the world at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, with a huge amount of anticipation having been placed in the car as Newey places many of his Formula 1 innovations into a road car. Only 50 of the cars will be produced in total, set to retail at £5million each, but the demand is such that many are believed to have already been pre-ordered.
The combination of a 1,200 horsepower engine, a 1,000bhp naturally aspirated V10 and 200bhp electric motor, is said by the team to be capable of top speeds above 350kph (217mph) in a car that weighs less than 900 kilograms, with the engine red-lining at 15,000rpm. Red Bull say every RB17 will be “bespoke” for each buyer, with paint colour, interior design and finer details all part of the choices available to each person who buys an RB17 model – with Newey having said previously that, in the hands of a professional driver, he hopes the car will be capable of Formula 1 level lap times. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said: “We are excited to reveal the RB17 at Goodwood Festival of Speed, a project that is one of the most authentic and exciting that Red Bull Advanced Technologies has embarked upon to date.
“With 20 years of legacy in the world of F1 to draw from, and as a performance centred organisation, it only made sens.
