Total, the global energy company, is proud to have supported partners Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing at the unveiling of their ground-breaking hypercar, code-named AM-RB 001.
The car is the result of a unique Innovation Partnership between the British luxury brand and eminent F1TM team, combining the vision and skills of two world-leading brands to create a road car the like of which has never been seen before.
In terms of the AM-RB 001, the three men charged with realising this are Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer, Marek Reichman, Aston Martin EVP and Chief Creative Officer and David King, VP and Chief Special Operations Officer.
Reichman and Newey are working closely on all aspects of the project, striving to ensure the AM-RB 001 is an unprecedented fusion of form and function. For craving an even more intensely focused driving experience, a track-only A
M-RB 001 is also in development.
Built around a lightweight carbon fibre structure, it boasts truly radical aerodynamics for unprecedented levels of down force in a road-legal car. Much of this down force is generated through underfloor aerodynamics, through dramatic form that elegantly expresses both the cutting-edge dynamism and the unmistakable essence of Aston Martin.
Uncompromising in all respects, it’s a bespoke machine from the tyres up. More details of its technical specification are yet to come, but its heart is a new, mid-mounted, high-revving, naturally aspirated V12 engine with the potency to achieve a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio; 1 bhp per kilo of weight.
To cope with the extreme aerodynamic loadings at high speeds yet deliver the on-road usability and comfort levels, the suspension system will feature innovative technology and employ principles honed by Newey. Likewise, the transmission is a clean-sheet design conceived by Newey and developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies.
Total volume will be between 99 and 150 road cars inclusive of all remaining prototypes and 25 track-only versions, with first deliveries commencing in 2018.
