Pink Bull has confirmed its automotive and driver lineup for the 2024 Goodwood Competition of Pace, the place it can rejoice 20 years in Method 1.
Drivers for the crew previous and current will likely be in motion, in addition to crew principal Christian Horner, who will likely be driving the crew’s 2012 double championship-winning RB8.
Whereas it’s not the primary time a senior member of the Pink Bull crew has pushed one in all its automobiles at Goodwood – chief technical officer Adrian Newey has pushed the RB1, RB5, RB7, and RB8, in addition to the Toro Rosso STR3 there over time – it will likely be Horner’s first time. Though greatest often called main the crew since its founding, Horner beforehand raced on Europe’s open-wheel ladder, competing in British Method Renault, British Method 3, and Method 3000 within the Nineties earlier than transitioning into crew administration.
Additionally within the lineup is the crew’s first two drivers, Christian Klien and David Coulthard, who will likely be driving the RB1 (2005) and RB9 (2013) respectively, Mark Webber, who will drive the 2010 RB6 which just about gave him a maiden F1 title, and Daniel Ricciardo within the RB7 from 2011.
A notable absence, nevertheless, is Sebastian Vettel, who claimed Pink Bull’s first 4 Drivers’ championships, though the automobiles he gained these titles in will all be operating.
Adrian Newey driving the Pink Bull RB7 on the 2021 Goodwood Competition of Pace. JEP/Motorsport Pictures
The crew’s present drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen can even be in motion. Perez will likely be driving final 12 months’s RB19, essentially the most profitable Method 1 automotive of all-time, whereas Verstappen will get again behind the wheel of the 20221 RB16B that he drove to his first title in 2021.
For Verstappen, it is not going to solely be his Competition of Pace debut, however it can additionally mark the primary time a reigning F1 champion has attended the occasion held yearly in West Sussex, England.
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Goodwood can even host the general public debut of the RB17, Pink Bull’s track-bred hypercar designed by Newey. The automotive is Pink Bull’s first enterprise into the shopper automotive market – though it isn’t anticipated to have a road-legal variant like the same Newey-penned Aston Martin Valkyrie. Solely 50 of the V8 twin-turbo machines are set to be produced, every with a reported price ticket within the area of $6.2 million.
Niki Lauda, Shadow, and Joest Racing are among the many different names being celebrated at this 12 months’s Competition of Pace, which has the central theme of ‘Horseless to Hybrid – Revolutions in Energy’, exploring the evolution of your complete motoring business.
