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red bull launches 2013 RB9 formula 1 race car
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months after sebastian vettel claimed his third consecutive world championship with the 2012 RB8,
infiniti red bull has introduced their latest race car, with which they hope to win their fourth successive
championship this upcoming 2013 season. developed with a naturally aspirated V8 - the last of the engine
configuration before switching to turbocharged V6's in 2014, the new renault-powered RB9 will produce
830 horsepower from its 2.4 liter hybrid KERS engine. the RB9 is to be piloted by german triple world
champion sebastian vettel and australian teammate mark webber.

2013 RB9 F1
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2013 RB9 F1
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2013 RB9 rhythm of the factory
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other launches include ferrari's F138 - which will be driven by fernando alonso and felipe massa,
mclaren's MP4-28 - with jensen button and sergio perez, lotus' W04 with by kimi raikkonen and
romain grosjean, sauber's C32 - with nico hulkenberg and esteban gutierrez and force india's VJM06 -
with paul di resta, all of which will participate in todays' pre-season test at jerez.

2013 ferrari F138
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2013 mclaren mp4-28
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2013 lotus E21
image courtesy lotus/LAT

2013 mercedes W04
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2013 sauber C32

2013 force india VJM06
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Another Adrian Newey masterpiece. (See The New Yorker, 4 Feb 13, The Art of Speed by Ben McGrath.)