Revealed: RedBull RB14

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Third team to release images but first to hit the track, welcome to the world the RedBull Tag Heuer RB14 of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen..

To give it the full title, the new car from Milton Keynes will be called the Aston Martin-Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB14 and comes into the world today directly from the home of British motorsport at Silverstone.

Stealing an early march of its Formula One rivals, RedBull spent time shaking down the new machine at a wet and windy Silverstone as part of a special filming day ahead of pre season testing next week, completing a maximum of 100 KM using Pirelli show tyres with Ricciardo behind the wheel, marking the first 2018 laps for any Formula One team so far.

Running a special edition 'Disruption' livery for just the launch period, Red Bull will revert to the colours to be used during the season proper when testing gets underway in full at Barcelona next week. Despite poor conditions and the limited nature of the "test", lead driver Daniel Ricciardo professed himself happy with the early performance of the Renault powered machine:

"It's always hard to tell from a few laps but the initial feeling is good. It's not doing anything that scares me and I can already feel that the rear of the car feels pretty settled, even in these poor conditions. Those are encouraging early signs."

"Obviously, it's been a long day trying to get everything going but a lot better to have that here than in Barcelona," said Daniel. "Doesn't mean we won't have anything in Barcelona but it's nice to know we've got some of the initial challenges out of the way."

So, what do you think?

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Formula One car launch dates:

February 14th - Haas Ferrari
February 15th - Williams Mercedes
February 19th - Red Bull Tag Heuer
February 20th - Renault
February 20th - Alfa Romeo Sauber Ferrari
February 22nd - AMG Mercedes
February 22nd - Ferrari
February 23rd - McLaren Renault
February 25th - Toro Rosso Honda

TBC - Force India Mercedes

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What do you think of the new RedBull RB14? Can this be the car to challenge for the 2018 drivers title? Let us know in the comments section below!
 
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Awesome masterpiece of engineering.
There are wings above the sidepot inlets and the front wishbones seem mounted outside the nose.
Plus the Coca-Cola vent looks quite large compared to the older car.. overheating issues?:O_o:
 
is there any chance that they will have a similar livery for GPs? well not similar , just to have little similarities to this concept? at least color scheme?
 
Fantastic livery, very creative. Interesting that the AM presence on the car has become very large all of a sudden. It's more "Aston" than Red Bull sponsor wise.

Considering what Max was saying about the HALO he may whip out a hacksaw whilst people aren't looking....lol
 
is there any chance that they will have a similar livery for GPs? well not similar , just to have little similarities to this concept? at least color scheme?
No, I don't think their real livery will carry anything over from this. Just like 2015 when they had the awesome black and white graffiti camo in preseason only
 
Is the mirror mounted on top of two fins rather than a small post like in the past?

Also, does anyone else see a small aero effect at the rear mount of the halo?
 

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