Red Bull has run the RB11 at Jerez for the first time, with the new car sporting a camouflaged livery.

Team principal Christian Horner admitted the new car was not yet ready as recently as Tuesday, with the team opting not to launch the car ahead of the test. However, the RB11 was able to roll out of the garage at 0900 on the opening day of pre-season testing with Daniel Ricciardo at the wheel.

While all of the other teams present - with the possible exception of McLaren - are running their 2015 liveries, Red Bull has opted for a camouflage livery to ensure the car is harder to study for its rivals.

Ricciardo will drive on the first and third days of the test, with his new team-mate Daniil Kvyat taking over for days two and four.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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