Red Bull Promises Its RB17 Hypercar Will Best the Valkyrie AMR Pro

• Track-only RB17 aimed to offer two-seat Formula 1 experience.

• To be built and sold by Red Bull Advanced Technologies.

• Limited run of 50, $4.1m each, deliveries start in 2025.

When Autoweek interviewed Adrian Newey after his drive of the Aston Martin Valkyrie at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed he promised that it wouldn’t be his final road car project. Now, just after this year’s Goodwood event, we have confirmation of what will be his next one, with Red Bull confirming it is set to produce a Newey-designed hypercar which will be sold as the RB17.

The fact the RB17 won’t actually be street legal suggests that Newey has at least one more design to follow. Although it will only be driveable on track, the objective of the RB17 is obvious: going even faster than the circuit-only AMR Pro version of the Aston Martin Valkyrie.

While much of the work on the road-going Aston Martin Valkyrie, which was originally the AM-RB 001, was done by Newey and the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team, the official line from Aston is that the AMR Pro has been substantially reworked since the two companies split after the British sports car maker acquired its own F1 last year. The RB17 seems to be Newey’s response to this, and although only a single sketch has been released to coincide with the project’s official announcement, we do have some other details.

The RB17 will use a carbon fiber structure and be powered by a twin-turbocharged V8 hybrid engine that will make at least 1100 hp. It will be a two-seater and just 50 will be produced, with each one having a £5m pre-tax pricetag—that’s $4.1 million at current exchange rates. Anybody interested in getting their name down for one is encouraged to make contact through RB17@redbulladvancedtechnologies.com.