Red Bull has revealed its new car for the 2011 season featuring the No.1 entry for reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel who will line up alongside Australian Mark Webber for the third year in a row.The designed of RB7, Adrian Newey commented:
“Preparing for the new season has been an interesting challenge for all of us. There have been a number of changes to the regulations and while they are not as comprehensive as the changes for 2009, the major differences - such as the re-introduction of the KERS system and the arrival of a moveable rear wing to aid overtaking - have meant that RB7 is quite different to last year’s car.
However, what we have done is taken the philosophy of continuing evolution. We have evolved RB6, which itself was an evolution of 2009’s RB5, and this is, if you like, the third generation of a successful lineage."
Team Principal Christian Horner is very confident that the team will repeat its 2010 triamph.
"We are very lucky in that we have possibly the strongest driver line-up in on the grid. Sebastian Vettel will go into 2011 as the youngest ever F1 champion and he will undoubtedly want to become the youngest double winner. Mark Webber too had the season of his career. He won four races and was in championship contention right up until the final race. He will have learned a lot of lessons from 2010 and will come back stronger, more motivated and hungrier than ever. We face the longest year in Formula One this year with 20 races, which will be a challenge and the performance between different teams will flow from the different circuits we visit -- but I am confident that over the course of the season we are very well equipped."
Looking at the RB7 the same pattern emerges, a high pitched nose, albeit not as high as the other 2011 designs, and a narrower back section with the adjustable rear wing. Red Bull still has the shark fin shaped engine cover, and the characteristic 'humps' on both sides of the cockpit. The front wing is a complete new design, and the car is of course painted in the familiar dark blue and yellow livery of the Red Bull drinks company.
Defending World Champion Vettel is looking forward to start the new season as a champion. "At the end of last year I felt tired and needed a rest. But I've had that rest now and I'm really looking forward to it again. 2010 is behind us. It's a very proud memory, but now it's 2011 and there's another job to do, so we move to the next challenge, which is trying to do the same again."
Australian Webber has hit the reset-button, and is ready for another long and hectic season. "It was shame I didn't manage to pull the Championship off, but it was still very rewarding to be competing for it until the very end. There were many things that we did absolutely right last year and there's no point in saying 'we must change everything. You fix the small things that went missing along the way and match those to the good things that were achieved and that's what hopefully makes you up your game," he said with confidence.
