Red Bull Racing's 2009 challenger, the RB5 will be rolled out for the first time on Monday 9th February during the FIA test session at Jerez. The launch is later than many of Red Bull Racings competitors, but earlier than some assumed based on comments attributed to sister team Toro Rosso hopeful, Sebastien Buemi.
Commenting on the announcement, team boss Christian Horner said “Our strategic plan has always been to take full advantage of the later start to the 2009 season and we are using the time to ensure we have optimised the car as much as possible, within the regulation changes, to start on the grid in Melbourne.”
I think Buemi's comments were probably STR related - so expect them to have the car just before Melbourne - probably for the last test. Not sure whether Buemi had it wrong, or was just misquoted/understood by the journalist.
@ DutchCruijff - the story is confirmation taht there is no delay - everything still going according to original plan.
Pft this sucks, why aren't they pushing the launch back to maximise the deisgn time?!? Thats how you make big leaps up the grid, which is what we need.
the bull won't be any good, it will be midfield again, please let me eat humble pie , please, hahah but i won't cause will will pretty much suck but i am really interested and can't wait for someone , massa hehe to beat the golden boy at albert park in a couple of months
Actually, after staring at the '09ish BMW, last years cars look very outdated to me now,..so I already love the look of these new retro modern cars.
btw,..the first time I saw that Williams with the '09 spoiler (spoiler) it actually hurt my eyes like the picture aspect was wrong,..like it should have been 16:9 instead of 4:3,..just like Aussie racing cars!
add to that list, 12th January - Ferrari! Next week is going to be alot of fun. Snooker Masters, loads of F1 car unveilings, a week off Uni for revision purposes. Ahh, such is life.
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