Red Bull RB8

**Red Bull RB8**
	Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull RB8 during tests before the season in Jerez
Constructor:	Red Bull
Designer:	Adrian Newey
Predecessor:	Red Bull RB7
Successor:	Red Bull RB9
Technical specifications
Tires:	Pirelli
Petrol:	Total
statistics
Driver:	1. Sebastian Vettel 2. Mark Webber ;
First start:	2012 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
World Cup points:	460
Podiums:	14th
Leadership laps:	434 over 2,182.375 km
	Status: end of season 2012

The Red Bull RB8 is the eighth Formula 1 - racing cars of Red Bull Racing . It was used in the 2012 Formula 1 season ; the engine supplier was Renault , as in the previous year . It was featured on the team website on February 6, 2012. With this racing car, Sebastian Vettel defended his world title and Red Bull the constructors' championship.

Technology and development

The Red Bull RB8 was the successor to the Red Bull RB7 . It was the third evolutionary stage of the Red Bull RB5 , on which all Red Bull models up to 2013 were based. A noticeable feature of the car was the "hump" in the area of the front suspension which, however, had a small slit. Like its predecessor models, the vehicle was created under the direction of Adrian Newey .

The transmission was a Red Bull in-house design, the fuel and lubricants were supplied by Total . The RS27-2012 engine was 750 hp and comes from Renault . As with all other teams, Pirelli provided the tires .

Painting and sponsorship

The RB8 with the special paint for the Faces for Charity fundraising campaign

The basic color of the Red Bull RB8 was dark blue. Large-scale sponsor stickers from Red Bull were placed on the vehicle : the Red Bull logo on the bonnet and front wing, the Red Bull lettering on the side pods. Other sponsors on the vehicle were Infiniti , Rauch , Renault and Total.

At the British Grand Prix , Red Bull had a special paint job applied to the RB8 for the Faces for Charity campaign . As in 2007, at the British Grand Prix , all photos of the donors were distributed across the entire vehicle. With this campaign, Red Bull supported the Wings for Life spinal cord research foundation .

driver

The team stuck to the driver duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber for the 2012 season . Sébastien Buemi was the test and reserve driver .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2012																						460	1.
Germany S. Vettel	1	2	11	5	1	6th	4th	4th	DNF	3	5	4th	2	22 *	1	1	1	1	3	2	6th
Australia M. Webber	2	4th	4th	4th	4th	11	1	7th	4th	1	8th	8th	6th	20 *	11	9	2	3	DNF	DNF	4th

Legend
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)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Stay after the season

A copy of the RB8 is on display in Hangar-7 , a multifunctional building at Salzburg Airport .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b "Vettels Neue: Attack on title number three" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)
^ "Newey: 'Had to rethink many areas'" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)
↑ "Technical data of the Red Bull Renault RB8" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)
↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news/2012/04/Spendenaktion_Ihr_Portraet_auf_Vettels_Red_Bull_12043007.html Special painting Faces for Charity (Motorsport-Total.com on May 15, 2012)

Web links

Commons : Red Bull RB8 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[Präsentation-1] "Vettels Neue: Attack on title number three" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)

[2] "Newey: 'Had to rethink many areas'" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)

[3] "Technical data of the Red Bull Renault RB8" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)

[4] ttp://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news/2012/04/Spendenaktion_Ihr_Portraet_auf_Vettels_Red_Bull_12043007.html Special painting Faces for Charity (Motorsport-Total.com on May 15, 2012)