F1 team to build their first ever production car in 2025 designed by championship-winning genius
FORMULA One racing group Red Bull is set to build their first ever production car in 2025.
The RB17 will cost a whopping £6 million and is expected to reach 60mph in three seconds.
The car, designed by champion-winning genius Adrian Newey will be made at their Milton Keynes base.
But even if you have £6million to burn it will still be hard to get your hands on one – as a limited production run of 50 cars in planned.
And most of these are already spoken for.
Christian Horner, CEO of Red Bull Racing, told Autocar: “Adrian wanted to do a car [for us] back in 2014, and at that point in time, we found a route through that by doing all the design work for the Valkyrie in partnership with Aston Martin.
“Valkyrie is a stunning vehicle and I’m sure it will be a great success, but you’re always learning, whether in Formula 1 or on the advanced technologies side.
“[RBAT] has now existed for close to eight years and there’s an awful lot of knowledge that has been built up in that time. With the budget cap era [in F1], if you want to retain resources there have to be projects that can justify their existence.
“This is a perfect project utilising the skill sets that we have, so it will complement our Formula 1 activities rather than distract from them.”
Asked if the RB17 is the first step towards Red Bull becoming a road car manufacturer, he added: “It’s the start of a journey. It’s an interesting starting point for us.
“You can never say ‘never’, but certainly this is a halo project for us.”
Meanwhile, in racing news, Aston Martin recently handed Jessica Hawkins the chance to test an F1 car – making her the first woman to put an F1 car through its paces in half a decade.
Hawkins drove their 2021 car at the Hungaroring, the venue of F1‘s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Brit racer alternated driving in the test run-out with Felipe Drugovich, the reserve driver of Aston Martin and McLaren and the 2022 F2 champion.
And fans of the brand will be amazed by the discovery of a £300,000 Aston Martin DB4 hidden away in a shed.
Former Fifth Gear host Johnny Smith posted a video to YouTube explaining how he discovered the gorgeous classic, as well as its rich history.