Sebastien Buemi didn’t get to drive his Red Bull on ice after all. The team had to abandon its “Frozen One” event near the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve because it wasn’t quite frozen enough.
However the team were able to do some photography with the car in uncharacteristically icy surroundings. Have a look at the results below – check out the studded tyres for gripping the ice!
Image (C) Red Bull/Getty images
Travis
20th January 2010, 12:44
That’s a shame – I was looking forward to seeing a video.
And can I say that I thought the tyre spikes would be larger. Then again I’ve never seen what the tyres look like on snow/ice racing vehicles…
maciek
20th January 2010, 13:24
It’s a real shame – my parents were off to see it and I surely would have had some photos and video to share with everyone… I’m curious about the picture with the guys playing hockey; must be purely photo-op – as far as I know no public event took place at all.
sato113
20th January 2010, 13:38
well what a waste of money that was…
John H
20th January 2010, 14:07
That RB5 looks a bit different does it not? Engine ‘gills’ and a different exhaust?
Daniel
20th January 2010, 15:06
Looks like a Hybrid RB1/5.
The RB1 is normally the showcar, but the front end looks like a 5 but the rear looks like a 1 with the shark fin added.
Tom
21st January 2010, 9:49
RB6 maybe? haha
Choltz
20th January 2010, 14:19
They should have taken it up to Tremblant and tried to drive the car on that track in the snow with the studded tires, but playing hockey with an F1 car seems like fun too!
LC Coelho
20th January 2010, 15:13
I totally forgot about it…
@Choltz that would have been cool.
Talking about the mild winter here, they are already re-naming the Vancouver 2010 winter games to Vancouver Spring Games…..
Adrian
20th January 2010, 15:13
I would love to see an Ice Grand Prix…and now it’s been proven that the tyres can be made for it…
Marc
20th January 2010, 16:26
new winter Olympics. RACING a f1 car on ice.
MtlRacer
20th January 2010, 16:53
The Facebook page Redbull had setup for the event announced the cancellation on Saturday. A shame because it was much colder on Sunday than what was forecast.
I used to play street hockey when I was kid and we had to stop often because of cars… but we NEVER got interrupted by an F1!
MtlRacer
20th January 2010, 17:12
Check the video: http://drop.io/redbull_frozenone
(100 MB h264 mov)
MtlRacer
20th January 2010, 21:37
Same video but on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKpXLSroLEI
MEmo
21st January 2010, 1:44
dumb question: is that the Red Bull car? It says Renault somewhere… I thought since it was Buemi that it was a Toro Rosso event…
abhishek
21st January 2010, 18:28
guys, didnt u find the photos of a little lower quality this time??
the edges aren’t sharp enough
Max
22nd January 2010, 17:16
The event was called off in Montreal and they didn’t tell the public they were going up to St-Alexis-des-Monts for the real fun…
Too bad, because I would have certainly driven up there to watch the entertainment.
:(
MtlRacer
22nd January 2010, 19:00
This video has sound and includes the hockey players that weren’t in the B-Roll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUwykydHWs