Adrian Newey’s $6.7 Million Red Bull RB17 Will Hit The Track At Goodwood

Adrian Newey's latest creation is finally ready to make some noise in public. The Red Bull RB17 will make its global driving debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, with Newey himself and several Red Bull drivers taking turns behind the wheel.

The Red Bull RB17 was first shown two years ago and appeared in production form around six months back. Unlike the road-legal Aston Martin Valkyrie, Red Bull built this one purely for the track. That gave Newey and his team far fewer rules to worry about, resulting in something closer to a Valkyrie AMR Pro with the limits pushed even further.

The real highlight sits behind the cockpit. Cosworth's 4.5-liter naturally aspirated V10 revs to a screaming 15,000 rpm and produces 1,000 hp, with no hybrid system involved. The car recently completed shakedown testing wearing blue paint and Red Bull graphics, but Goodwood will be the first chance for the public to hear that V10 properly. Earplugs may be optional. Missing it probably isn't.

Current Red Bull F1 driver Isack Hadjar and reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda will drive the RB17 up the hill. Red Bull Racing Academy driver Alisha Palmowski is also on the list, alongside Newey. Red Bull Advanced Technologies says the goal was to deliver performance rarely seen outside Formula One while staying faithful to the original idea behind the project.

Only 50 RB17s will be built, with prices starting at $6.7 million. Then again, how much is a 15,000-rpm V10 designed by Adrian Newey supposed to cost?