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.jpg) Sebastian Vettel driving the RB6 in the practice session of 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Red Bull | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Adrian Newey (Chief Technical Officer) Rob Marshall (Chief Designer)[1] Steve Winstanley (Chief Engineer, Composites and Structures) Dave Worner (Chief Engineer, Mechanics and Suspension) Mark Ellis (Chief Engineer, Performance) Andrew Green (Head of R&D) Giles Wood (Chief Engineer, Simulation and Analysis) Peter Prodromou (Chief Engineer, Aerodynamics)[1] Dan Fallows (Chief Aerodynamicist) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Red Bull RB5 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Red Bull RB7 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications[2] | |||||||||||
| Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque, designed and built in-house, carrying engine as fully stressed member | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Aluminium alloy uprights, carbon-composite double wishbones with springs and anti-roll bar, push rod-actuated Multimatic dampers | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | as front, except pull rod-actuated rear dampers | ||||||||||
| Engine | Renault RS27-2010 2,400 cc (146.5 cu in) 90° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM naturally aspirated mid-mounted | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear Hydraulic system for power shift and clutch operation | ||||||||||
| Power | >750 hp @ 18,000 rpm[3] | ||||||||||
| Weight | 620 kg (1,367 lb) (including driver) | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Total | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone Potenza OZ Wheels (front and rear): 13" | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Red Bull Racing | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 5.  Sebastian Vettel 6.  Mark Webber | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| First win | 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last win | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 1 (2010) | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (2010, Sebastian Vettel) | ||||||||||
The Red Bull RB6 is a Formula One motor racing car designed by Red Bull Racing for the 2010 campaign. It was driven by 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber and was launched on February 10 at Jerez.[4]
Vettel, who (since joining Scuderia Toro Rosso) makes it a habit to give his racing cars names, named his RB6 "Luscious Liz".[5] However, after unspecified minor damage was found on this chassis after the Monaco Grand Prix, the team gave Vettel a new chassis, which he then named "Randy Mandy."[6]
The car claimed the first of four consecutive World Constructors' Championships for Red Bull Racing, and in the hands of Sebastian Vettel, took the first World Drivers' Championship of his career at the last round of the season. In qualifying, the RB6 was a consistent pace setter, setting the fastest time in 15 out of the 19 rounds. Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey later went on to claim that the car was "probably the car with the most downforce in the history of F1".[7]
In 2014, before his final race with Red Bull, Vettel stated that the RB6 was his favourite Formula One car to drive in his career to date.[8]
As of 2023[update], the Red Bull RB6 remains the last customer-engined Formula One car to win the constructors' title,[citation needed] due to a presence of Renault full-factory team. From 2011 to 2015, Red Bull Racing was officially promoted to Renault full-works partnership independent team.
- ^ a b Hughes, Mark (February 11, 2010). "Red Bull RB6". Autosport. Vol. 199, no. 6. pp. 26–29.
- ^ "RB6". Red Bull Racing. Red Bull. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
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- ^ Noble, Jonathan (February 10, 2010). "Red Bull unveils its new RB6". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ "Vettel names 2010 car 'Luscious Liz'". motorsport.com. GMM. March 8, 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^ "Vettel names new chassis 'Randy Mandy'". motorsport.com. GMM. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (March 11, 2014). "Weight would have disadvantaged Webber – Newey". F1 Fanatic.co.uk. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ "F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Vettel set for Red Bull swansong". November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.