Aston Martin and Red Bull reveal the AM-RB 001 hypercar

Aston Martin and Formula One team Red Bull Racing have announced a partnership which will have both companies collaborate to produce a new Aston Martin hypercar. Codenamed Project ‘AM-RB 001’, the new hypercar combines F1TM technology with Aston Martin’s signature sports car design.

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Aston Martin and Formula One team Red Bull Racing have announced a partnership which will have both companies collaborate to produce a new Aston Martin hypercar. Codenamed Project ‘AM-RB 001’, the new hypercar combines F1TM technology with Aston Martin’s signature sports car design.

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The AM-RB 001 is built out of lightweight carbon fiber, the AM-RB 001 boasts truly radical aerodynamics for unprecedented levels of downforce in a road-legal car. The hypercard will be powered by a naturally-aspirated V12 engine, but Aston Martin has yet to release the official specs. Aston Martin does promise that the AM-RB 001 will have a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio; 1 bhp per kilo of weight. The suspension system and transmission have been developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies.

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Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer, says of the AM-RB 001
project: “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 technology that allows it to be docile and comfortable, but with immense outright capabilities”.

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Aston Martin will produce 99 to 150 road-going versions of the AM-RB 001 starting in 2018, while another 25 track-only versions are planned.

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Source: Aston Martin