In early July, Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing made a dramatic debut of a new, jointly developed “Hypercar.” Dubbed the AM-RB 001, this collaborative effort saw famed F1 designer Adrian Newey turn his prodigious skills toward the creation of an F1-inspired supercar for the road. According to Newey, “I’ve long harbored the desire to design a road car. The formation of Red Bull Advanced Technologies brought me a step closer to realizing that ambition, but I believed we should work with an automotive manufacturer. Aston Martin was at the top of my list. 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.” And with a futuristic, carbon fiber body and a naturally aspirated V12 engine that will yield an unprecedented 1:1 power to weight ratio, this should prove to be a truly remarkable roadcar.
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And yet, while the AM-RB 001 will be unprecedented in many ways, it is by no means groundbreaking. What I mean by that is that the concept of building a purpose-built, road-going “Supercar” from a purebred racecar is certainly not new to automotive history.
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