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It's Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing for 2018
As part of a new Innovation Partnership, Red Bull Racing are joining forces with the legendary sportscar maker for the 2018 racing season.
The secret is out: in 2018, Red Bull Racing be competing as Aston Martin Red Bull Racing.
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing
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The relationship between Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin first began 18 months ago, when the pair combined cutting edge F1 technology with Aston Martin's signature sportscar design to produce a groundbreaking ‘hypercar’. A physics-defying, V12-powered dream machine, the Aston Martin Valkyrie is set to be the first in a line of products to be borne of a new Innovation Partnership. The car will make its first run in 2018, before being delivered to customers in 2019.
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The Aston Martin Valkyrie: AM-RB 001
Introducing the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar, designed in collaboration with Red Bull Racing.
This deepening of ties between the two companies is far more than a branding exercise. Tying in with Aston Martin’s own quest for British craftsmanship, the expanded technical partnership will include a new Advanced Performance Centre at Red Bull Racing's Milton Keynes home, housing 110 Aston Martin design and engineering staff who will be working with their Red Bull Advanced Technologies counterparts to create the Valkyrie's successors.
Aston Martin and Red Bull have already enjoyed a fruitful partnership, with other big activations together including an ultra-handsome Vantage S – Red Bull Racing Edition. And who could possibly forget Daniel and Max’s high-octane caravan race around the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg?
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Caravan Racing
Speaking about the announcement, Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner said: "Having conceived and created the remarkably successful Aston Martin Valkyrie together in 2016, we extended our relationship this year and are now delighted to further strengthen the Partnership and see the team competing as Aston Martin Red Bull Racing from 2018.”
Echoing the sentiment, Aston Martin President and CEO Andy Palmer added: "Title partnership is the next logical step for our Innovation Partnership with Red Bull Racing. We are enjoying the global brand awareness that a revitalised Formula One provides. The power unit discussions [in Formula One] are of interest to us, but only if the circumstances are right. We are not about to enter an engine war with no restrictions in cost or dynamometer hours but we believe that if the FIA can create the right environment we would be interested in getting involved."
Aston Martin will feature prominently across the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team from the start of the 2018 season.
