Aston Martin Is Making An F1-Fast Hypercar With The Help Of Adrian Newey
Aston Martin’s rebirth is already off to a good start with a new V12 engine and a promising successor for the DB9, but as well as replacing its ageing line-up, it’s been announced today that the manufacturer will also build a hypercar. A properly bonkers hypercar.
It’s all thanks to Aston Martin becoming an ‘Innovation Partner’ with Red Bull Racing, and the deal includes - as well as Aston’s wing logo appearing on Red Bull F1 cars this year - the expertise of a certain Adrian Newey. Yep, the legendary F1 designer and Red Bull’s Chief Technical Officer will collaborate with Marek Reichman - Aston’s Chief Creative Officer - to produce the new hypercar.
It’s codenamed ‘AM-RB 001’, and while exact details are currently lacking, it’s set to be stonkingly fast. Aston Martin told us to expect something along the lines of “F1 crossed with LMP1”, and a package which should be faster than a current F1 car around Silverstone. And yes, it’ll still be road legal…
As far as engines go, we’d expect Aston Martin to use its new twin-turbo 5.2-litre V12, with the boost pressure cranked up to a healthy degree. Since the car will no doubt receive a lot of F1-inspired tech thanks to the presence of Newey, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the internal combustion engine’s output supplemented by electric motors and a hybrid system.
As to what it’ll look like, that’s anyone’s guess; all we have to go on so far is this sketch. And it’ll be a little while before we see it in the metal - given that this is a clean sheet design of a highly bespoke nature, the first cars probably won’t be in the hands of owners until at least 2018.
What do you think of this latest move from Aston Martin? Will it be able to take the fight to the next generation of hypercars from the likes of McLaren, Porsche, Ferrari and Koenigsegg? Let us know in the comments…
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Hell yeah ^^ I hope it will be a bit DP100 inspired
this could be absolutely incredible. They are using Aston martins History in racing GT cars and LMP cars (if only for a few cars and using a Lola chassis. Aston also are going absolutely crazy in engine design, red bull know a thing or two about making race cars….this could be amazing.
Yes F1 cars are fast but i expect LMP1 cars to be the same if not faster this year since all the LMP1 companies are turning up the MJ on the hybrid systems and changing their aero.
Imagine a 1000hp v12 (potentially V8) with a massive lithium ion Hybrid system that probably charges off engine power and braking power, the car will probably have 25th century aero. However, i bet production numbers are low which sucks :(
Would love to see cooperation with Koenigsegg aswell since IMO their views are fantastic ‘’what we have is sufficient but we can do much better’’
Quicker in what straight line? Maybe, but never on track.
It’s not impossible to be quicker on track too. In F1 they have many restrictions regarding design, wing sizes, open wheel etc…while for this car Aston will have complete freedom to do anything they want. So expect bigger wings than an F1 car, wheels under the body as a normal car with much better aerodynamics around them, a MUCH biggger engine (if it goes over 1000HP…) and who knows what more… it is possible… They only limit is the cost … but I don’t think it will matter in their case (especially if all the cars get pre-sold :p )