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Tech Analysis: Red Bull RB3

After much expectation, Adrian Newey's first Red Bull is on track and it clearly has his brush-stroke all over it. Craig Scarborough analyses the huge effect the former McLaren man has had on his new team but asks: will it significantly raise their current ranking

Craig Scarborough Jan 31, 2007, 1:19 PM

Since design superstar Adrian Newey joined Red Bull in 2006, the technical department has been largely focused on the development of the new RB3 machine. And, while the RB2 was penned by ex-Renault man Mark Smith and featured some inspiration from Renault, the latest offering it clearly very much created under the guidance of ex McLaren man Newey.

While the car is not an exact replica of a McLaren, it predictably features many, many references to recent McLaren designs, so much so that it is very difficult to compare the car to its predecessors down the Red Bull and Jaguar lineage. From its hooked nose to its twin keel, from its Renault engine to its efficiently cooled sidepods, the car is all new.