Red Bull has unveiled its new Renault-powered RB11 in a ‘testing livery’ at Jerez. The car, which will be piloted by Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat, was revealed as the Australian took to the circuit on Sunday.
The RB11 features a modified front end in order to comply to the regulations but the team says most of the changes are internal, having undertaken significant work with Renault.
“The design of the RB11 has been very much about understanding what we learned from last season, which was a big regulation change as far as the power unit is concerned and the packaging that goes with that and setting about optimising the car from those lessons,” said Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey.
“We’ve been pushing to the limit as usual,” added Team Principal Christian Horner.
“We had a very tight timescale for the car to be prepared in time for the first test, but that’s normal in this team. If you’re not on the limit you’re not trying hard enough.”
