Red Bull to unveil two cars in '24: 'More extreme than extreme'

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has revealed the RB17hypercar will see the light of day this year. Horner told SkySports that the car would break cover, meaning we will presumablysee the first renders shortly, as we have yet to see anything otherthan mysterious drawings that supposedly represent rough outlinesof the machine [see photo below]. We know from Chief TechnicalOfficer Adrian Newey that he often likes to take on side projects,remaining motivated for the main F1 efforts by undertaking suchtasks. Designing the Aston Martin Valkyrie was one such project andalthough that has been a reality for some time now, Newey hasapparently felt the car could be sharper, faster and morespectacular and, given the car's ties to the new Hypercarregulations in the World Endurance Championship - less bound byregulations. So having returned to his sketchbook, his resultingcreation should be a culmination of all the lessons Red BullAdvanced Technologies has learned over the years. Therefore it isreasonable to believe Red Bull's first home-built 'passenger car'will be crammed with F1 technology old and new, legal and outlawed:Dual diffusers, blown diffusers, ground effect aerodynamics, activeaerodynamics... Where will Newey stop? It means that Red Bull islikely to unveil two cars in 2024: The Red Bull RB20, with whichMax Verstappen and Sergio Perez will tackle the F1 championshipswith in the quest to hold onto both Drivers' and Constructors'crowns from last season, and the RB17. The latter's name was oncedestined for the 2021 F1 car but, when the sport froze theregulations and delayed the proposed technical changes for thatseason due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the subsequent challenger wasnamed the RB16b. With the RB18 already in development, the RB17moniker was left absent. Since Newey wants to take the RB17 to theextreme, the car will be in no way state-legal and thus will onlybe available to drive on race tracks, unlike the Valkyrie. Aninitial total of fifty will be built with the first delivery likelyto be 2027. The price? More than $5 Million. But that will get youwhat is set to be an insane lightweight racing monster with 1250horsepower made by perhaps the greatest design genius F1 has seen.Talk about unique selling points!