Only Red Bull could put this together

[GH85Carrera]

That picture brings up the a off topic question. How in the heck can Infiniti stick their name on a Renault? I guess cubic dollars will overcome anything. I wonder if Infiniti is giving any technical advise?

[svandamme]

Sure thing, but did you see that car go offroad, or one they rigged up to look just like it?

It's reasonable to believe they used the real one for the tarmac parts of the vid.
I just don't buy they took the same car in the dirt.

For one thing those engines are to delicate , they are not designed with air filters that can cope with all the dust... And like i said, there is NO way in hell they can get the power down on dirt. And there is NO way a driver can make the engine sound so smooth on dirt as it did in the video.

Dirt will give them less traction then driving around in the wet, with rain tires.
look up some wet F1 video's , listen to the engine when they aquaplane... It is not a smooth sound

[boba]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Sure thing, but did you see that car go offroad, or one they rigged up to look just like it?

I did not see it myself, as I said above my son was one of the camera operators for the 4 day shoot. I have seen quite a bit of the raw footage shot.

They, Red Bull, brought one car. It was a prior year tub with prior year spec motor. Yes, I am sure the motor was toast after the 4 days but since it was prior spec it had no significant value to the team. My son said that after every shot the crew guys were all over the car working on it.