Final July, I had the prospect to go to Goodwood to see the worldwide disclosure of Pink Bull RB17, its new hypercar designed by Adrian Newey, which goals on the efficiency ranges supplied by a F1 automobile.
Within the quantity of $ 7.7 million and solely 50 years previous, the undertaking is among the most bold and attention-grabbing within the automobile world over the approaching months and years.
Since then, Newey has left Pink Bull and is on the spot with Aston Martin for the primary time this weekend in Monaco. However that didn’t forestall the plans with RB17, with a prototype model of the automobile displayed on the Pink Bull Eneroco station in Monaco this week.
I caught Rob Grey, the technical director of RB17, earlier this week, who mentioned it was lots of work earlier than Newey’s departure to make sure that all of the outer, each aerodynamic and stylistic areas had been signed.
All automobile configurations stay the identical, with a four.5 -liter V10 engine that may attain 15,000 rpm, able to 1,200 hp – an absolute beast, all being constructed on the Campus of the Pink Bull F1 in Milton Keynes.
Pink Bull supposed to provide the automobile on the highway on the route this summer season, however Grey mentioned that there’s now a “sturdy purpose” to make a primary shaking within the fall, though with out firmly partaking.
Grey mentioned Pink Bull was “approaching” to promote the turnover of 50 vehicles. “I actually bought sufficient that the undertaking is totally viable and utterly signed by the headquarters, so it’s good,” he mentioned, mentioning that there are some “massive names”.
Apparently a purchaser was very keen for his or her automobile to be white, which was offered on the prototype in Monaco. “I advised him that we are going to do that only for him and he’s very, very happy,” Grey mentioned.
Though the automobile remains to be to hit the monitor in the true world, there are nonetheless lots of ongoing exams within the simulator, which has supplied even sooner than F1 vehicles. “However that is within the digital world,” Grey mentioned. “The proof of the pudding is after I hit the monitor. However at this second it’s fairly good.”