Overview
- Red Bull confirmed Tuesday that a filmed short shows Patrick Friesacher driving the RB8 through a closed section of the Madrid Metro past Estadio Metropolitano and the Sacedal and Chamartín depots.
- The project was engineered by Red Bull’s Heritage Team with Spanish collective Andtonic, which produced bespoke steel wheels weighing 29.8 kg each so the unmodified prototype could run on the metro’s existing track gauge.
- Red Bull framed the exercise as a partnership with Metro de Madrid and MadRing to publicize the new Madring circuit and its planned on-site metro station for fan access.
- The team described the stunt as a controlled showrun on a closed network but did not disclose exact operational details such as the run date, distance, speed or the specific metro line used.
- Using the 2012 double-title RB8 ties the stunt to Red Bull’s heritage and follows the team’s pattern of engineered publicity runs designed to draw attention to upcoming races and transport plans.