{"id":161998,"date":"2025-12-01T02:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/161998\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T02:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:11:05","slug":"supercars-news-red-bull-drivers-set-for-secret-supercars-f1-car-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/161998\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Red Bull drivers set for secret Supercars, F1 car swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KB2_7350.jpg\" alt=\"Red Bull drivers set for secret Supercars, F1 car swap\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBroc Feeney aboard the RB7 at the Adelaide Grand Final. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull had its two 2011-specification RB7 F1 machines and sizeable support crew on hand at the weekend\u2019s Adelaide Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>The cars, decked out in the colours of Red Bull Racing and sister team Racing Bulls, performed a number of demonstration runs at the Adelaide Parklands circuit<\/p>\n<p>David Coulthard and Scott Speed tackled the initial driving before Brendon Hartley subbed for the Scot, who departed Adelaide on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Speedcafe understands the RB7s and Red Bull Ampol Racing Camaros are due to tackle The Bend today for a filming session.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1013677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KB1_4970.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Will Brown in Adelaide. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s expected to involve Speed and Hartley getting a taste of Supercars, with Feeney and Brown slated to jump aboard the F1 machinery.<\/p>\n<p>The South Australian circuit will be locked down for the occasion with no public access allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull would not confirm any such plan beyond the internationals having a steer of the Supercars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so friggin\u2019 excited!\u201d Speed told Speedcafe after tackling a hot lap of the Adelaide circuit as a passenger alongside Brown on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been practicing my right-foot braking and everything. I haven\u2019t done that in a race car since I was 19!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/f1-news-david-coulthard-scott-speed-supercars-laps-red-bull-2025-adelaide-grand-final\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 drivers score Supercars laps in Adelaide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should The Bend test take place as planned, it would not be the first time Triple Eight drivers have sampled F1 machines due to a sponsor tie-up.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes both drove McLarens in car swaps with Jenson Button during Triple Eight\u2019s time with Vodafone backing.<\/p>\n<p>Whincup cut a handful of laps at Albert Park in 2010, while Lowndes tackled Mount Panorama the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Feeney and Brown both sat in the RB7s on Thursday in Adelaide, where Red Bull filmed various crossover content between its two outfits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broc Feeney aboard the RB7 at the Adelaide Grand Final. 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