Pink Bull has formally offered its RB17 hypercar, a two-seater which it claims is able to matching Formulation 1 lap occasions.
Designed by outgoing chief technical officer Adrian Newey, the RB17 weighs 900 kilograms – round 100kg greater than a present F1 automobile – however makes use of a normally-aspirated V10 engine which produces 1,200bhp at 15,000rpm.
The engine is semi-stressed throughout the RB17’s carbon fibre monocoque. Pink Bull declare the automobile will attain 350kph, however expects its cornering efficiency will set it other than different top-end hypercars. The dramatically low and modern design permits the automobile to “ship F1-equivalent lap occasions,” says Pink Bull, “whereas remaining simple to personal and function.”
Pink Bull launched the RB17 on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity, the place additionally it is marking its twentieth season in F1. “With 20 years of legacy on this planet of F1 to attract from, and as a efficiency centred organisation, it solely made sense for us to design our personal hypercar from the bottom up,” mentioned Pink Bull workforce principal Christian Horner, who predicted the machine can be a “future traditional.”
Newey, who will depart Pink Bull originally of subsequent 12 months, mentioned he had “been mulling across the thought to tackle the problem to design our very personal hypercar, from idea to supply, for a few years and it has been an impressive mission and journey.”
“The RB17 hypercar embraces all the pieces we stand for: simple energy, pace and sweetness,” he added. “It is vitally adaptable in its skills, and we made certain to design it as a two-seater in order that the joys of driving at F1 speeds may be loved with a buddy or associate.”
Pink Bull Superior Applied sciences will manufacture simply 50 examples of the RB17, every of which can be bespoke to the shopper prepared to pay its anticipated £5 million price ticket. Exterior colors, inside supplies and different particulars an be customised. Pink Bull will even present driver growth to consumers and occasions at a variety of circuits.
Leaning closely on Pink Bull’s F1’s pedigree, the RB17 makes use of the identical chassis nomenclature because the workforce’s vehicles, sitting between the RB16B which took Max Verstappen to the 2021 drivers’ championship and the RB18 the workforce used to win each titles the 12 months after.
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