BRING BACK V8S!

Oracle Red Bull Racing and the RB7 turns up the heat at Bandra

- GAURAV DAVARE

It has been quite a while since India got to see a Formula One Grand Prix car up close as 2023 will mark a decade since that moment of live Formula One action at the Indian Grand Prix. So when it was announced that Oracle Red Bull Racing would be bringing Formula One back to the country, in Mumbai, all the nostalgia immediately rushed back in and plenty of fans, myself included, wasted no time to grab a chance to witness F1 machinery live. Such was the hype that early batch tickets were sold out within minutes, proving that even if accessing Formula One in India may have been limited to TV or streaming apps, the hunger to witness it live still burns bright within the Indian Formula One community.

Of course, helping the hype is the machinery that Oracle Red Bull Racing are bringing to the streets of Bandra, and it’s none other than the RB7. Of course an introduction isn’t really needed for this car as it helped the team clinch the 2011 driver’s and constructor’s championships and it was Sebastian Vettel’s car, the man who has been the winner of the Indian Grand Prix for all three iterations. The 2011 season saw the team take 12 wins, 27 podiums, 18 pole positions, and scored a whopping 650 points