The new Red Bull RB7 - Photo © Red Bull Racing/Getty Images

World Champion Sebastian Vettel and teammate Mark Webber have unveiled the RB7, the car they will be driving throughout 2011, prior to the start of testing at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia.

Chief technical officer Adrian Newey explained some of the changes from the championship winning RB6 and the new RB7:

“Preparing for the new season has been an interesting challenge for all of us,” he says. “There have been a number of changes to the regulations and while they are not as comprehensive as the changes for 2009, the major differences – such a the re-introduction of the KERS system and the arrival of a moveable rear wing to aid overtaking – have meant that RB7 is quite different to last year’s car.

“However, what we have done is taken the philosophy of continuing evolution. We have evolved RB6, which itself was an evolution of 2009’s RB5, and this is, if you like, the third generation of a successful lineage.”
Adrian Newey

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