Word on the street says this is the new Red Bull Racing RB8 being unloaded at Jerez, where it’s due to be launched tonight (midnight AEDT). Of great interest is discovering if the RB8 will follow the alligator/platypus interpretation of the 2012 regulations, as Caterham, Ferrari, Force India and Lotus have done.
Based on the limited detail you can see in the image above, if the car is indeed the RB8, it appears as though any platypus style nose is more on the conservative side a la the Lotus E20.
Helmut Marko’s words support such a theory too. “Our car is not as ugly as the Ferrari, but it’s also not like the McLaren, which doesn’t have a kink in the nose at all,” Marko told reporters.
“Ours is just a bit smaller and more elegant (than the Ferrari solution),” he added.
We’ll bring you RB8 pics and info later tonight/tomorrow morning.
[Source: Motorsport.com | Pic: F1today.nl | Thanks to Paul for the tip]
UPDATE: Red Bull’s RB8 has now been officially revealed. CLICK HERE for more.
One reply on “Red Bull RB8 spied at Jerez?”
Woohoo! Looking forward to the release tonight!