Red Bull RB7
 Sebastian Vettel wins the Malaysia Grand Prix |
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| Designer: | Adrian Newey | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Red Bull RB6 | ||||||||
| Successor: | Red Bull RB8 | ||||||||
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| Tires: | Pirelli | ||||||||
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| Driver: | 1. Sebastian Vettel 2. Mark Webber 
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| First start: | 2011 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | 650 | ||||||||
| Podiums: | 27 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | 798 over 4,065.466 km | ||||||||
| Status: end of season 2011 | |||||||||
The Red Bull RB7 is the seventh Formula 1 - racing cars of Red Bull . The car designed by Adrian Newey took part in all 19 races of the 2011 Formula 1 season . Rob White of Renault developed the V8 engine RS27-2011 with KERS . At the first Grand Prix, however, Red Bull decided not to use KERS in the RB7.
driver
The team stuck to the driver duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber for the 2011 season . Test and reserve drivers were Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne .
2011 season
The start of the season went well for Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel winning six times in the first eight races and finishing second twice. His team-mate Webber, meanwhile, achieved four podium finishes. The closest pursuers were the two McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button .
After three races without a win, in which the McLaren drivers were able to reduce the point gap, Vettel won three more victories. In the following race, Vettel managed to defend his world championship title with a third place four races before the end of the season.
At the following Korean Grand Prix , Vettel won again, Webber finished third. With this, Red Bull also managed to defend the constructors' title early.
In the last three races, Vettel and Webber have both won once. The win in the last race was Webber's first Grand Prix win of the season.
In total, Vettel and Webber won 12 Grand Prix and started from pole position in 18 of 19 races. Mark Webber also won the DHL Fastest Lap Award with six fastest laps.
Results
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 2 | ||
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2 | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 4th | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | DNF | 3 | 4th | 3 | 4th | 4th | 1 | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Stay after the season
A copy of the RB7 is on display in Hangar-7 , a multifunctional building at Salzburg Airport .
Web links
- RedBullRacing.com: Red Bull RB7
- Motorsport-Total.com: Technical data
- Racecar-engineering.com: Video on the technical innovations
Racing car of the Formula 1 World Championship 2011
