Red Bull's monstrous RB17 track supercar will have a road version from Lanzante

Unveiled last week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​(UK), the Red Bull RB17 mid-engined hybrid supercar is designed exclusively for the track, but some of its buyers would also like to ride it on public roads — this opportunity will be provided to them by the British company Lanzante.

The British-Austrian racing team Red Bull Racing (now Oracle Red Bull Racing) and its engineering division Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) announced in 2022 an ultra-expensive track supercar RB17 with a hybrid powertrain and Formula 1 class technologies. The name RB17 is a combination “lying on the shelf” that was not used in formula cars: the cars of the 2020 season bore the RB16 index, in the 2021 season it was upgraded to RB16B, and in 2022 cars with the RB18 index took part in the races.

The British timed the premiere of the Red Bull RB17 prototype to coincide with the Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​that took place last week, and so far it is, in fact, just a mock-up — the car did not participate in the races, the interior has not been revealed, and the technical characteristics are preliminary.

< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/40039f35a1f6c59b639eb504b28414c0.jpg" /> 1/2 2/2 < p>Over the past two years, the concept of the Red Bull RB17 in terms of the power plant has changed slightly: the supercharged petrol V8 has been replaced by a high-revving 4.5-liter naturally aspirated V10 from Cosworth, producing 1000 hp. and capable of spinning up to 15,000 rpm. The internal combustion engine is assisted by an electric motor with a power of 200 hp. — it is implanted into a carbon-fiber gearbox, the design of which has not yet been disclosed — it is only known that there is no reverse gear in the box, its function is performed by an electric motor. All power is sent to the rear wheels through an active limited-slip differential. The fuel tank capacity is 70 hp, the capacity of the traction battery has not yet been named.

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The Red Bull RB17 has a full carbon fiber body with a monocoque base, a two-seater cockpit with tandem seating. The legendary formula designer Adrian Newey is responsible for the aerodynamic characteristics of the car; the tail of the supercar will be capable of generating up to 1.7 tons of download. The suspension is like that of Formula 1 cars, push-rod type “all around” with carbon fiber wishbones. The steering mechanism is equipped with a hydraulic booster. Carbon-ceramic brakes will already be in the “base”; overloads during braking will reach 5g. The target weight of the Red Bull RB17 is 900 kg, the maximum speed is more than 350 km/h.

Production of the Red Bull RB17 will begin only at the end of 2025 at RBAT's own facilities in the UK, with a total of 50 examples costing from £5 million each.

The Red Bull RB17 has a full cycle of driving tests ahead, during which the design and technical specifications may be adjusted. Nevertheless, wealthy fans of the Red Bull team have already ordered this supercar, and some of them have even expressed a desire to buy the road version of the RB17.

The RBAT company itself does not plan to make a road-going Red Bull RB17, but this task, according to Top Gear magazine, is ready to be solved by the equally experienced British company Lanzante, which has been developing and producing racing cars for half a century. Lanzante is familiar to our readers from the coolest restomod based on the Porsche 911 Turbo of the 930 generation, equipped with a 1.5-liter V6 biturbo engine from the McLaren MP4/2 formula car. The same company previously gave permission to several purely track supercars from the brands Pagani, McLaren and Porsche to hit the road, so it will somehow cope with the Red Bull RB17. The surcharge for “adapting to supermarket trips” will be between £250,000 and £500,000 — the exact amount will be clear after the final presentation of the original supercar.