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[Nin-Chin]

I was expecting it to be much different...

[andrew]

Looks like last years car.

The purple is pretty funky though.

[LRW]

Looks like last years car.

The purple is pretty funky though.

I thought the nose looked fairly different?

[Nin-Chin]

Pretty much the same apart from the funky nose,and interesting purple on the side.

[andrew]

Looks like last years car.

The purple is pretty funky though.

I thought the nose looked fairly different?

It's difficult to tell without having photos for a direct comparison but from the brief glimpse it doesn't look too different. Only 47 minutes to wait and we should see the RB9 in all it purple glory.

I'm hearing that it might be at 2pm not sure

That's what their website now says. Live updates from 2pm GMT.

[bud]

Infiniti on the side pods instead of RedBull. Torro Rosso will look more like RedBull racing now.

With the rules hardly changing most cars won't have too many changes.

[Nin-Chin]

[Hammer278]

Looks pretty cool! I like the addition of purple, adds more style to the livery.

[andrew]

Red Bull launches its 2013 car, the RB9

Red Bull unveiled on Sunday the car with which it is aiming to secure its fourth consecutive Formula 1 championship double, the RB9.

The Milton Keynes-based squad took its third drivers' and constructors' championship in 2012, with Sebastian Vettel becoming the youngest ever triple champion after a close fight with Ferrari rival Fernando Alonso.

The Renault-powered RB9 is the ninth Formula 1 single-seater created by Red Bull since taking over the Jaguar team for the start of the 2005 season.

Red Bull's new challenger has again been designed by a team led by Adrian Newey, who said at the end of last year that it was getting harder and harder to find gains for the 2013 car given the rules stability.

"It is increasingly difficult because there are no real regulations changes compared to this year and it will be the fifth season since the 2009 rule changes," Newey told AUTOSPORT.

"The field is converging and you can see how competitive it is in the fact that we had eight different winners this year."

The new Red Bull will take to the track on Tuesday at Jerez, with Vettel's team-mate Mark Webber doing the driving.

[spankyham]

Why have a launch for the media

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
#redbullRB9 @redbullf1 are aggressively stopping photos being taken, threaten to take cameras away.

[Hammer278]

Why have a launch for the media

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
#redbullRB9 @redbullf1 are aggressively stopping photos being taken, threaten to take cameras away.

Too late! Maybe the car shows a few too many secrets a bit too early...take note, the rest!

[andrew]

Why have a launch for the media

Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1
#redbullRB9 @redbullf1 are aggressively stopping photos being taken, threaten to take cameras away.

The big unveiling to the world at large was meant to be at 2pm. I think 1pm was meant to be a sneak preview.

[racechick]

I like that red Bull much better than last year. Love the purple. It doesn't look so boring.

[andrew]

Best looking car unveiled so far with the Suaber being a close 2nd.

[What's Burning?]

Swing and a miss with the livery.... adding purple, really?