Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing have revealed their collaborative AM-RB 001 Hypercar designed by Red Bull Racing’s chief technical officer Adrian Newey.
Working alongside Newey in the project are F1 designer and Aston Martin VP David King.
The car is set to produce LMP1 levels of performance, but in a road-legal form. Built around a lightweight carbon fibre structure, the AM-RB 001 boasts truly radical aerodynamics for unprecedented levels of downforce in a road-legal car.
Newey’s design means much of the downforce is generated through underfloor aerodynamics, leaving Reichman free to craft its body to be unmistakably Aston Martin-like.
At its heart is a new, mid-mounted, high-revving, naturally aspirated V12 engine with the potency to achieve a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio; 1 bhp per kilo of weight.
“I’ve long harboured the desire to design a road car,” Newey admits. “The formation of Red Bull Advanced Technologies brought me a step closer to realising that ambition, but I believed we should work with an automotive manufacturer.
“Aston Martin was at the top of my list.I knew Red Bull Racing had the ability to handle the pure performance aspects, but Aston Martin’s experience of making beautiful, fast and comfortable GT cars is of great benefit to the project.
“I’ve always been adamant that the AM-RB 001 should be a true road car that’s also capable of extreme performance on track, and this means it really has to be a car of two characters. That’s the secret we’re trying to put into this car – the technology that allows it to be docile and comfortable, but with immense outright capabilities.”
More details of the AM-RB 001’s technical specification will be revealed in due course.
