| Car Name: | Red Bull RB7 |
| Category: | Formula One |
| Constructor: | Red Bull |
| Predecessor: | Red Bull RB6 |
| Successor: | Red Bull RB8 |
| Drivers: | 1. Sebastian Vettel 2.  Mark Webber |
| Technical Ref: | [1] |
| Chassis: | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque, designed and built in-house, carrying engine as fully stressed member |
| Front Suspension: | Aluminium alloy uprights, carbon-composite double wishbones with springs and anti-roll bar, push rod-actuated Multimatic dampers |
| Rear Suspension: | as front, except pull rod-actuated rear dampers |
| Engine Name: | Renault RS27-2011 |
| Capacity: | 24001NaN1 |
| Configuration: | 90° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM with KERS |
| Turbo/Na: | naturally aspirated |
| Engine Position: | mid-mounted |
| Power: | >750 hp @ 18,000 rpm[2] |
| Gears: | Seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear |
| Type: | Hydraulic system for power shift and clutch operation |
| Weight: | 6400NaN0 |
| Fuel: | Total |
| Tyres: | Pirelli P Zero OZ Wheels (front and rear): 13" |
| Debut: | 2011 Australian Grand Prix |
| First Win: | 2011 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last Win: | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Last Event: | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Races: | 19 |
| Wins: | 12 |
| Poles: | 18 |
| Fastest Laps: | 10 |
| Podiums: | 27 |
| Cons Champ: | 1 |
| Drivers Champ: | 1 (Sebastian Vettel) |
The Red Bull RB7 is a Formula One racing car designed by the Red Bull Racing team for the 2011 Formula One season. It was driven by defending champion Sebastian Vettel and Australian driver Mark Webber for the third year running. The highly competitive and reliable RB7 took 12 victories and 27 podiums as Red Bull took the Constructors' Championship and Vettel taking the Drivers' Championship title that year.
The car was launched at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain on 1 February 2011.[3] Sebastian Vettel was the first driver to test the car.[4]
The car was fastest throughout Barcelona testing with Vettel at the wheel. It won the first race of the season at Melbourne with Vettel, whilst Webber finished fifth. In the nineteen races of the 2011 season, the RB7 only failed to finish in the top five twice, when Mark Webber crashed out of the and when Sebastian Vettel retired from the .
Vettel used the RB7 to claim the 2011 World Drivers' Championship in Japan and Red Bull won the World Constructors' Championship the following weekend in South Korea. The car achieved three 1-2 finishes during the season. It is one of the most dominant Formula One cars ever built, winning 12 of the 19 races and claiming all but one pole position in the 2011 season, in part due to the innovative but controversial exhaust-blown diffuser.
Sebastian Vettel, who (since joining Scuderia Toro Rosso) makes a habit of naming his cars, named his RB7 chassis Kinky Kylie.[5]
The RB7 was the first Red Bull car to assume Renault full-works team partnership status[6] after the Renault F1 Team was rebranded to Lotus Renault GP and later Lotus F1 Team following Renault's sale of their 25 percent stake in the team to Lotus Cars in late 2010.[7] The RB7 was also the first-ever KERS-equipped Formula One car to win the constructors' title.
After the 2011 season, the RB7 was frequently used in demonstrations and rewrapped in different liveries throughout the years:
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bull Racing | Renault RS27 V8 | AUS | MAL | CHN | TUR | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | BRA | 650 | 1st | |||
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | ||||||
| Mark Webber | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |