Red Bull Racing will unveil its new RB9 at its Milton Keynes, UK factory on Feb. 3, shortly before the first test of 2013 in Jerez.
The team has been pushing hard to gets its new car ready in time, and there had been speculation that the squad would not make it to the opening test that begins in Spain on Feb. 5. However, the team posted on Twitter that its new car was ready to run at Jerez, and would be unveiled to the public at its factory.
Red Bull technical chief Adrian Newey told AUTOSPORT earlier this year that the team's work on the RB9 had been compromised by the intensity of last year's title battle.
"We were introducing developments to the [RB8] car right up to the penultimate race [of 2012]," he said. "That has made it difficult to introduce all of those and simultaneously develop the next car."
He added: "If I'm honest, this has compromised the time scales of the new car more than we would have liked. It was the right trade at the time, because we managed to get the job done but it means a busy winter trying to catch up again."
2013 F1 preseason dates
Car launches
Team Date
McLaren January 31
Force India February 1
Sauber February 2
Red Bull February 3
Testing
Venue Date
Jerez February 5-8
Barcelona February 19-22
Barcelona February 28-March 3