FIRST LOOK: Red Bull RB17 Hypercar 1200hp, 15,000rpm, Fast As F1!

This is the Red Bull RB17 – and it’s much more than F1 design genius Adrian Newey’s greatest hits amalgamated into a hypercar. Sure, this £5m, track-only spaceship has the likes of a blown diffuser and Newey’s favourite Formula 1 engine configuration (a naturally aspirated V10) but the RB17 is instead what happens when Newey isn’t trying to find loopholes in restrictive Formula 1 regulations. The RB17 is what happens when Newey is unleashed! The result, the mind-blowing result, is a car (very rich) mere mortals can buy – and one that can lap a racetrack as fast as a contemporary Formula 1 car. Behind Newey is the might of Red Bull Applied Technologies, the sister company to Red Bull Racing that uses the F1 team’s know-how and applies it to wider engineering challenges. As a calling card to show their expertise, the RB17 is quite something. But enough of us telling you about it. Instead, here’s the man himself, interviewed by Top Gear’s Editor-at-Large, Jason Barlow…