Red Bull Racing Puts the Final Touches on Its $6 Million RB17 Hypercar Ahead of Goodwood Debut

Red Bull Racing has completed final preparations on its $6 million RB17 hypercar ahead of its dynamic debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The track-focused machine, boasting 1,267 horsepower, made its first public runs up the Goodwood hill climb during the Supercar Shootout on Thursday. The hypercar’s powertrain pairs a 4.5-liter naturally aspirated Cosworth V10 with a 200-horsepower electric motor, delivering brutal performance without relying on an ultra-high-maintenance F1-derived power unit like the Mercedes-AMG One.

Red Bull claims the RB17 tips the scales at under 1,980 pounds and tops 217 mph, positioning it as a no-compromises track weapon. Only 50 units will be built, each priced at $6 million. Behind the wheel at Goodwood will be Adrian Newey—who originally conceived the project—alongside Red Bull Racing driver Isack Hadjar, team development driver Yuki Tsunoda, and F1 Academy driver Alisha Palmowski.

The RB17’s debut coincides with Red Bull’s celebration of its championship-winning legacy at the Festival of Speed, where the team will also run the iconic RB9 up the hill. The RB9, driven by Sebastian Vettel, secured 13 Grand Prix wins en route to the 2013 F1 World Drivers’ Championship. Red Bull will also showcase a static display of its historic liveries, from the debut RB1 to the RB21’s one-off 2025 Japanese Grand Prix paint scheme.

The RB17 project underscores Red Bull Advanced Technologies’ ambition to push boundaries, with technical director Rob Gray stating, ‘RB17 is exactly that—taking on challenges others might consider impossible.’ Despite leadership upheavals, including Christian Horner’s departure in 2025 and Newey’s move to Aston Martin in 2024, development on the hypercar continued unabated.