The Bite Magazine Issue 17

Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing collaborate to create the AM-RB 001 hypercar, a dream of Red Bull’s Adrian Newey fulfilled by Aston Martin as discovered by Jada Brookes . R ed Bull doesn’t only give you wings but they also race tracks and make cars, well the latter they’ve done with Aston Martin. The British luxury car brand and eminent F1 team collaborated to create their ground-breaking hypercar, the AM-RB 001 concept. The 001 is perhaps an indication that the partnership plan to create more models should this one prove to be a huge success. The new model combines the vision and skills of the two world-leading brands to create a road car the likes of which they say has never been seen before. There will also be a track-only version for those who crave a more intensely focused driving experience, in line with today’s LMP1 Le Mans sports prototypes. The AM-RB 001 model is built around a lightweight carbon fibre structure and boasts truly radical aerodynamics for unprecedented levels of downforce in a road-legal car. Thanks to Red Bull’s Chief Technical Director and world renowned F1 designer Adrian Newey’s design much of this downforce is generated through under-floor aero- dynamics which give Aston Martin’s EVP and Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman the freedom to craft a pure yet breathtaking dramatic form that elegantly expresses both the AM-RB 001’s cutting-edge dynamism and the unmistakable essence of Aston Martin. VP and Chief Special Operations Officer David King and his team at Gaydon were tasked with building the mid-mounted and high-revving V12 engine car in the purpose-built facility created for Aston Martin’s original hypercar, the One-77. The AM-RB 001’s suspension system will feature innovative technology and employ Newey’s principles honed over his 30-year career to ensure that the model copes with the extreme aerody- namic loadings at high speeds as well as deliver on-road usability and comfort levels. Likewise, the transmission will be a clean-sheet design conceived by Newey and developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Thanks also to Newey’s unrivalled knowledge the AM-RB 001 is extremely light and compact and offers genuine comfort and space for driver and passenger whilst housing a V12 engine. Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer said of the AM-RB 001 partnership, “I’ve long harboured the desire to design a road car. The forma- tion 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. The synergy between Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin is clear. 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 tech- nology that allows it to be docile and comfortable, but with immense outright capabilities.” bite cars Aston and the Bull