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Formula One: CONFIRMED – Red Bull Racing Aston Martin Partnership
March 17, 2016 Jon Wilde - @jonnywilde	2 Comments
Red Bull Racing have confirmed a multi year technical partnership with Aston Martin. To celebrate the partnership between Aston Martin, Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the RB12s will carry the iconic Aston Martin wings logo throughout the 2016 season, making their debut at this weekend's Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne. Branding can be seen on the sidepod (pictured) nosecone and on the arms of drivers overalls.
British luxury brand Aston Martin and Formula One team Red Bull Racing are today announcing a partnership which sees Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer, Adrian Newey and Aston Martin's Chief Creative Officer, Marek Reichman collaborate to produce a ground-breaking Aston Martin hypercar.
Codenamed Project 'AM-RB 001', the new hypercar will represent the ultimate blend of cutting edge F1TM technology with Aston Martin's signature sports car design. The combined talents of Newey, widely noted as the most successful Formula One designer of all time, and Reichman, Aston Martin's design chief since 2005, are set to produce the ultimate hypercar.
Combining the strongest elements of Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Advanced Technologies and Aston Martin, this new Innovation Partnership unites the world's best aerodynamicists, composite experts and manufacturing masters. All the parties offer different elite capabilities and the combination of all of those skills, ensuring that Project 'AM-RB 001' promises to be an exciting prospect for customers and enthusiasts around the world
Aston Martin CEO Dr Andy Palmer said: "Formula One offers the ultimate global stage to build wider awareness of the Aston Martin brand. However, this partnership will deliver even more than that when the hypercar that Aston Martin and Adrian Newey are in the process of developing hits the road.
"Between Q by Aston Martin Advanced, Red Bull Advanced Technologies and project partner AF Racing AG, we are going to create a car that will excite and stir the imaginations of the car designers of the future and a global audience of sports car "These are exciting times for Aston Martin and arriving hot on the heels of our DB11 launch earlier this month, this new partnership underlines that our brand really is racing again.
Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner said of the new partnership: "This is a very exciting project for everyone at Red Bull Racing. Through this Innovation Partnership the iconic Aston Martin logo will return to grand prix racing for the first time since 1960, and Red Bull Advanced Technologies, led by Adrian, will be harnessing our Formula One DNA to produce the ultimate of all road cars. It's an incredible project which also realises a dream and vision long held by Adrian to design a road car. We are very much looking forward to what I'm certain will be a successful partnership."
Having an illustrious Formula One career spanning nearly 30 years, and as the designer of ten World Championship winning Formula One cars, the partnership represents a new challenge for Red Bull Racing's Adrian Newey.
"From the age of six I have had two goals in life – to be involved in the design of racing cars, and to be involved in the design of a super car." Newey commented. "Whilst the former ambition went on to form my career to date, the latter has always bubbled away, resulting in countless sketches and doodles over the years.
"The opportunity to now develop and realise those ideas whilst working with Marek and his colleagues from Aston Martin is tremendously exciting. It allows us to translate the technology we have developed in F1 into a new arena."
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2 thoughts on "Formula One: CONFIRMED – Red Bull Racing Aston Martin Partnership"
That took a while before this was announced / confirmed?
What does it really mean? Is it simply a concept road car to compete with McLaren or an early red flag to Renault or should I say TAGHEUR?
Jon Wilde - @jonnywilde says:
Aston Martin have been keen to stress the deal is not simply a 'marketing scam' they are working with Red Bull Technologies to produce a car. not a concept.
I imagine the deal could lead to interesting developments on the PU front.