Having just unveiled the new RB10, Red Bull's technical head explains the challenges the team has experienced while designing the new car in a particularly compressed timeframe. What are the two key regulation changes for this season? 'This season we have two big regulation changes, the first one concerning the engine. We've gone from the normally aspirated 18000rpm V8 to a turbo charged 1.6 litre V6 with much higher electrical content – KERS in layman's terms – and very strict fuel consumption. So, we not only have a limit of 100kgs of fuel for the race but we have a maximum flow rate. For reference, the previous engines were using 160kg, so it's a big reduction in fuel. That of course...
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