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Holy moly: listen to the RB17's *15,000rpm* V10 scream right here, right now

It'll match an F1 car for lap times, and sound like... well, *this*

Published: 06 Jan 2026
37 minutes 41 seconds

Red Bull’s RB17 hypercar promises lap times equivalent to F1. Yikes.

Before the time comes to test our necks against the g-forces, we popped along to see the bespoke 4.5-litre V10 scream on the dyno, check out the new factory where the RB17 will be built, and to see what Red Bull’s hypercar will look like in finished form.

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