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Red Bull Racing is an Austrian Formula One constructor, a six-time Constructors' Champion.
The team was formed in 2005 out of what originally was the Jaguar team, although Red Bull's first endeavor into Formula 1 was ten years earlier when the energy drink manufacturer entered into partnership with Sauber.
Over their ten seasons as a standalone team, Red Bull have risen from what was a "back-of-the-grid" manufacturer to become one of the most successful teams in recent years, winning both Drivers' and Constructors' titles in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2022, and 2023.
The team headquarters are currently based in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. They are one of two teams owned by drinks giant Red Bull, the other being sister team, AlphaTauri (formerly Toro Rosso).
For the 2023 season, the team used the RB19 chassis, and engines supplied by Red Bull Powertrains, with technical support provided by Honda, following their exit from Formula One as an engine manufacturer. Max Verstappen won his third Drivers' title, securing his position within the ranks surrounded by names like Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart and his father-in-law Nelson Piquet.
Formula One World Championship[]
2005: Red Bull-Ford Cosworth, and the RB1[]
Red Bull Racing logo in 2005-2012.
- Main article: 2005 Red Bull Season
Red Bull Racing were formed in 2005 when the Jaguar team (formerly Stewart) was purchased for the sum of US$1 by the Austrian drinks giant Red Bull. A management team was put in place featuring Arden International Motorsport team principal, Christian Horner, as team boss. The team continued the existing partnership with Ford who provided their Ford Cosworth TJ2005 engine to power the RB1, Red Bull's first car as a constructor. Also retained was Christian Klien, now partnered by David Coulthard. On four occasions, Klien was replaced by Vitantonio Liuzzi, an arrangement made between the drivers before the season had begun. This arrangement produced moderate success in 2005, ending the season in 7th place with 34 points, an improvement of 24 points on the last Jaguar season in 2004.
At the end of 2005, the partnership with Ford was terminated, as the team signed a one-year deal with Ferrari for 2006.
2006: Red Bull-Ferrari[]
- Main article: 2006 Red Bull Season
For 2006, a deal was struck between Red Bull Racing and Ferrari to provide the team with their new V8-spec Ferrari 056 engine for one season. This engine was the same one used by Ferrari for the season. The partnership was not as successful, as drivers Coulthard and Klien (the latter later replaced by Robert Doornbos) managed only 16 points. The highlight of season, however, was a third place finish for Coulthard at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, an achievement which lead to the Scotsman wearing a Superman cape on the podium, followed by team boss Christian Horner being thrown into the team's swimming pool in only a red cape.
By the end of the season, the team had amassed only 16 points from just seven points-finishes, ending the season in 7th place.
2007-2015: the Red Bull-Renault era[]
2007[]
- Main article: 2007 Red Bull Season
In 2007, Red Bull teamed up with Renault for use of the Renault RS27 engine, the successor to the engine which had powered the Renault team to the Drivers' and Constructors' titles in 2006. David Coulthard was retained by the team and was joined by former Jaguar and Williams driver Mark Webber. The new engine failed to lead to much success during the year, scoring just 7 points-finishes and one podium (3rd at the Nürburgring) and 5th place in the Constructors' Championship.
2008[]
- Main article: 2008 Red Bull Season
2008 was much the same story. Despite a strong start to the season, in which the team scored seven points finishes (including a 3rd place at the Canadian Grand Prix) in the first 8 races, the success tapered off towards the end of the season. The team ended up in 7th in the Constructors' Championship, only ahead of a struggling Williams team, Honda and Force India after Super Aguri withdrew from the championship.
2008 proved to be David Coulthard's final season as an F1 driver, as he was replaced by Sebastian Vettel for the 2009 season.
2009[]
- Main article: 2009 Red Bull Season
In 2009, Mark Webber was joined at Red Bull by 21-year-old German driver Sebastian Vettel, who had taken a first race win for sister team Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Also added to the mix was the brand new Red Bull RB5, which turned out to be much more competitive than its predecessors. Although the season was dominated by the newly formed Brawn team, Red Bull saw a marked improvement in 2009. The Chinese Grand Prix saw the team score their first ever pole position, and a 1-2 finish in the race. Over the course of the season, Red Bull claimed six wins and 22 points-scoring finishes, allowing the team to finish 2nd in the constructor standings, the highest finish in their history.
2010: The First Championship[]
- Main article: 2010 Red Bull Season
In 2010, Red Bull upgraded to their most successful chassis yet, the RB6. The driver line-up remained unchanged which, alongside the new car, proved to be a winning combination. The 2010 season was wide open from the start, with 5 drivers sharing the first seven race wins. Red Bull's start to the season was a slow one, with only 2 podium finishes in the first 4 races, but by the sixth round in Monaco they were leading both championships. From then onwards, both Vettel and Webber performed well, and by the final race of the season, the team had secured 8 wins, four 1-2 finishes, and the Constructors' title - the first in their history. One race later, with four drivers battling for the title, Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship with victory in 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vettel's title gave the German the record as the youngest ever Driver's World Champion.
2011: The Second Championship[]
- Main article: 2011 Red Bull Season
Compared to 2010, the 2011 season was much more comfortable for Red Bull. Sebastian Vettel dominated the season, winning 11 races, and a total of 17 podium finishes, all from the front row of the grid, except in Germany where he started 3rd. Vettel secured the Drivers' title with 4 races to spare in Japan, and the team claimed the Constructors title one race later.
Comparatively, Mark Webber's season was relatively poor, although it was still good enough for 3rd in the Drivers' Championship with one win and 10 podiums.
2012: The Third Championship[]
- Main article: 2012 Red Bull Season
The 2012 season proved to be much closer than the previous season. The season started well with second (Vettel) and fourth (Webber) at the first race of the season, giving the team an early second place in the Constructors' standings. The first 7 races of the season were won by seven different drivers which left both championships wide open. However, a string of consistent results placed the Red Bull team at the top of the standings from the 2012, a lead which they held ever since. By the 2012 Indian Grand Prix, their lead had been extended to 77 points, leaving the team on the verge of a third consecutive Constructors' title.
During the first half of the season, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso had set the pace with two race wins and a string of good finishes to lead the championship until Korea. However, Sebastian Vettel closed the gap and took the lead as a result of four consecutive wins in Singapore, Japan, Korea and India. As a result of two podiums for Vettel in Abu Dhabi and the USA, Red Bull wrapped up their third consecutive World Constructors' Championship with one race to spare.
Going into the final race, the Brazilian Grand Prix, Vettel led Alonso by 13 points. After an eventful race, in which Vettel was nearly knocked out of the race at the third corner, the German somehow managed to finish in sixth place to take his third consecutive title after Alonso could only finish in second place. Webber finished in fourth, but because victory went to Jenson Button, the Australian finished in sixth place in the championship.
2013: The Fourth Championship[]
- Main article: 2013 Red Bull Season
The 2013 season was one of Red Bull's most successful yet, with Vettel winning the last nine races of the season and clinching the title in round 16 of 19 at the Indian GP. He finished 155 points ahead of runner-up Fernando Alonso. This was both Vettel and Red Bull's fourth consecutive title.
Webber won no races at all in his final season of F1 before moving back to sports cars for 2014, his best finish being five second place finishes in Malaysia, Britain, Japan, Abu Dhabi and Brazil but only because he was cruelly denied the victory in Malaysia by his team order-ignoring team-mate who refused to let the Australian overtake. Nonetheless he finished third in the drivers' championship.
2014[]
- Main article: 2014 Red Bull Season
2014 was Daniel Ricciardo's first season at Red Bull from the Austrian outfit's sister team Toro Rosso following his compatriot Webber's move to sports cars.
Whilst Vettel failed to win a single race, Ricciardo scored his first win in Canada, also winning in Hungary and Belgium and becoming the first Western Australian to win an F1 race.
It was announced by the team at the Japanese Grand Prix that Vettel would be replaced by Daniil Kvyat for 2015.[1]
2015[]
- Main article: 2015 Red Bull Season
2015 was Daniil Kvyat's first season after being promoted from the sister team Toro Rosso and Daniel Ricciardo's second season in Red Bull as the team's number one driver.
2016-2018: the Red Bull-TAG Heuer era[]
2016[]
- Main article: 2016 Red Bull Season
2016 was Red Bull's first season with TAG Heuer-branded Renault engines, as they ended their partnership with Renault after nine years.
After just four rounds into the season, Kvyat was demoted to sister team Toro Rosso, with Max Verstappen being promoted. In just his first race, Max won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, in front of the Ferrari's of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel after the title contenders from Mercedes, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, collided on the first lap.
The team finished 2nd in the Constructors', 3rd place for Ricciardo and 5th for Verstappen in his first year, just 8 points behind Sebastian Vettel.
2017[]
- Main article: 2017 Red Bull Season
2017 Red Bull continued with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, winning 3 races: 1 for Ricciardo at Azerbaijan and 2 for Verstappen at Malaysia and Mexico. Finishing 3rd on Constructors'.
2018[]
- Main article: 2018 Red Bull Season
2018 was Daniel Ricciardo's last season in Red Bull, winning at China and Monaco, and for the first time he was going to be beaten by Max Verstappen, which won at Austria and Mexico. The team finished 3rd in the Constructors' with 419 points.
2019-2021: the Red Bull-Honda era[]
2019[]
- Main article: 2019 Red Bull Season
2019 was Verstappen's first season as a number one driver for the team. For the first half of the season, he had Pierre Gasly as his teammate, then Gasly was swapped for Alex Albon (both coming from Toro Rosso, the sister team). In this season, Max Verstappen won three races at Austria, Germany and Brazil. His teammates' best result achieved was 4th. The team finished 3rd in the Constructors' for the third time in a row.
2020[]
- Main article: 2020 Red Bull Season
In 2020, Red Bull relied on Max Verstappen and Alex Albon. Verstappen won at Silverstone's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, while the Thai-British driver scored two podiums at Mugello and Bahrain, finishing 3rd in both races.
The team finished 2nd in the Constructors' with 319 points, 98 points less than 2019 but with less races.
2021[]
- Main article: 2021 Red Bull Season
In 2021, Red Bull continued with Max Verstappen and swapped out Alexander Albon for Sergio Pérez, coming from Racing Point. This year saw the Austrian team fight for the Constructors' and Drivers' championship with Mercedes, which Max Verstappen won against Lewis Hamilton, but the German team succeeded at the Constructors', which saw Red Bull finish second. Max Verstappen, with 10 poles and 10 wins, won the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career and being the first Dutch world champion, beating Lewis Hamilton who was in his search for an 8th title, which would break Michael Schumacher's record of seven titles. This was Red Bull's first Drivers' championship since 2013, where Sebastian Vettel dominated the field for four consecutive seasons between 2010 and 2013.
In his first year with Red Bull, Pérez did a decent job for the team, where we saw him helping Verstappen in the most critical moments. The Mexican driver secured five podiums, including a podium at his home race, and a win in Azerbaijan. But after some unfortunate DNF's and bad results, Red Bull didn't have opportunity at the Constructors'. This was the last season where Honda was Red Bull's engine supplier.
2022-present: the Red Bull Powertrains era[]
2022: The Fifth Championship[]
- Main article: 2022 Red Bull Season
At the car launch for the RB18, the team announced a new five-year title sponsorship with Oracle, an American multinational computer software company.[2]
2023: The Sixth Championship[]
- Main article: 2023 Red Bull Racing Season
Red Bull Junior Team[]
The Red Bull Junior Team is a driver development program run by the energy drink company Red Bull in an attempt to identify potential future racing stars in open wheel racing. The similar Red Bull Driver Search, now ended, was an American spinoff of the same idea held in 2005. Members of the Junior Team are financed and sponsored by Red Bull in lower racing formulae.
The programs have been successful in bringing a selection of drivers into Formula One. Four of them, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly have won a Formula One race and only two drivers have won the Championship, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen
The Red Bull Junior Team was also known by the name RSM Marko, a team that competed in Formula 3000 between 1999 and 2003, sponsored by Red Bull and run by Helmut Marko.
The Red Bull Junior Team was formed in 2001 as Red Bull's European driver programme. Red Bull offers funding and support for the promising young drivers that are part of the programme. In 2004, Christian Klien became the first Red Bull Junior to race in Formula One, while in 2008, Sebastian Vettel became the first Red Bull Junior to win a Formula One Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix.
Current Drivers[]
Dennis Hauger (2018 -
Jonny Edgar (2018 -
Liam Lawson (2019 -- Jehan Daruvala (2020 -
- Jak Crawford (2020 -
- Ayumu Iwasa (2021 -
- Arvid Lindblad (2021 -
- Isack Hadjar (2022 -
- Yuto Nomura (2022 -
- Noel Leon (2022 -
- Souta Arao (2022 -
Former Drivers[]
Formula One Record[]
Complete Formula One Results[]
- Main article: Red Bull Racing/Results
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| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
| 2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
| 3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
| 5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
| 14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
| Italics | Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
| 18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
| 4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols | |||
Team Names[]
| Years | Name |
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| 2005 – 2012, 2016 – 2017 | Red Bull Racing |
| 2013 – 2015 | Infiniti Red Bull Racing |
| 2018 – 2020 | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing |
| 2021 | Red Bull Racing Honda |
| 2022 – | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
Season Summary[]
Drivers' Champions in bold.
Statistics[]
Correct as of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
| Entries | 391 |
| Starts | 386 |
| Pole Positions | 103 |
| Front Row Starts | 151 |
| Race Wins | 121 |
| Podiums | 281 |
| Fastest Laps | 99 |
| Points | 7803 |
| Laps Raced | 39,423 km (24,496 mi) |
| Distance Raced | 198,776 km (123,514 mi) |
| Races Led | 172 |
| Laps Led | 6,486 km (4,030 mi) |
| Distance Led | 32,415 km (20,142 mi) |
| Sprint Poles | 6 |
| Sprint Wins | 8 |
| Sprint Podiums | 15 |
| Sprint Fastest Laps | 7 |
Race Wins[]
- Main article: Red Bull Racing/Race Wins
Milestone Wins[]
Red Bull Grand Prix Driver Count[]
| Name | Duration | Grand Prix Starts |
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2016-present | 183 |
 Mark Webber
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2007-2013 | 129 |
 Sebastian Vettel
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2009-2014 | 113 |
| Daniel Ricciardo
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2014-2018 | 100 |
| David Coulthard
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2005-2008 | 71 |
| Sergio Pérez
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2021-present | 87 |
 Christian Klien
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2005-2006 | 28 |
 Alexander Albon
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2019-2020 | 26 |
 Daniil Kvyat
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2015-2016 | 21 |
 Pierre Gasly
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2019 | 12 |
 Vitantonio Liuzzi
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2005 | 4 |
| Robert Doornbos
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2006 | 3 |
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ Estrada, Chris (3 October 2014). "Sebastian Vettel leaving Red Bull at end of season, Ferrari-bound; Daniil Kvyat to replace him". motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com (MotorSportTalk). http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/03/sebastian-vettel-leaving-red-bull-at-end-of-season-daniil-kvyat-to-replace-him/. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ ESPN: Red Bull name tech firm Oracle as title sponsor in $500m deal, accessed on 16 Feb 2022
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| Drivers 1. Max Verstappen · 11. Sergio Pérez
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| Personnel Christian Horner · Adrian Newey · Dietrich Mateschitz · Helmut Marko | |||
| Former drivers Mark Webber · David Coulthard · Scott Speed · Robert Doornbos · Vitantonio Liuzzi · Christian Klien · Sebastian Vettel · Daniil Kvyat · Daniel Ricciardo · Pierre Gasly · Alexander Albon | |||
| World Champions Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) · Max Verstappen (2021, 2022, 2023) | |||
| Cars RB1 · RB2 · RB3 · RB4 · RB5 · RB6 · RB7 · RB8 · RB9 · RB10 · RB11 · RB12 · RB13 · RB14 · RB15 · RB16 · RB16B · RB18 · RB19 · RB20 | |||
| See also Toro Rosso · AlphaTauri · Red Bull Ring | |||
| Full Results | |||