The Crimson Bull Racing Method 1 staff is engaged on a hypercar able to delivering a driving expertise true to an F1 race automotive.

First introduced in 2022 because the RB17, simply 50 examples are deliberate, and we’ll see the covers come off as quickly as this yr. Monitor testing will run by way of 2025 and the primary deliveries are scheduled for 2026.

Whereas Crimson Bull initially deliberate for the automotive to run a twin-turbocharged V-8 engine, the plans have since modified to a naturally aspirated V-10 that screams all the best way to a 15,000-rpm rev restrict. The V-10 makes roughly 1,000 hp by itself, however is supplemented by an electrical motor that provides 200 hp. The electrical motor is used for first and reverse gears, in addition to torque fill to assist clean out gear adjustments.

The knowledge was revealed by Adrian Newey in a video interview posted final week to Crimson Bull Racing’s YouTube channel. He stated the V-10 was chosen for its aural presence, and that it sounds very very similar to the engines utilized in F1 in the course of the Nineteen Nineties.

Newey is Crimson Bull’s star aerodynamicist liable for the design for a number of championship-winning F1 vehicles, in addition to the Aston Martin Valkyrie.

Adrian Newey

In contrast to the Valkyrie, the RB17 is designed for monitor use solely. In response to Newey, the RB17 affords extra consolation than the Valkyrie, due to extra space within the cabin, together with additional legroom for taller occupants.

The focused weight is lower than 900 kg (roughly 1,984 kilos), or round 200 kilos lower than a Mazda MX-5 Miata. Crimson Bull has additionally stated the automotive will sport probably the most superior floor results package deal used on any automotive offered to the general public. This contains options equivalent to adjustable facet skirts, and an energetic suspension to compensate for among the unfavourable unwanted effects of such packages, just like the bouncing and ensuing nostril elevate, generally known as porpoising, seen on some F1 vehicles since 2022, when new floor results design guidelines had been launched. It additionally has a blown diffuser, which directs exhaust gases above the diffuser to assist downforce, plus bespoke Michelin tires.

The ensuing downforce will roughly match the automotive’s weight at speeds of 120 mph and ultimately hit a peak 3,750 kilos at 150 mph—a restricted determine that forestalls the tires from being destroyed. The excessive downforce will probably be key in serving to the automotive ship lap occasions matching these of contemporary F1 vehicles, in accordance with Newey.

Dealing with the event is Crimson Bull Superior Applied sciences, the F1 staff’s consulting division. The division may even deal with manufacturing, which is predicted to be on the price of roughly 15 vehicles per yr, and use the identical suppliers because the F1 vehicles.

When first saying the venture in 2022, Crimson Bull stated the automotive will probably be priced at round 5 million British kilos (roughly $6.3 million). Construct slots are possible all gone, and one of many future house owners will probably be Newey himself.