Racing Bulls S.p.A., competing as Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team (shortened to Racing Bulls or VCARB), is an Italian

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racing team and

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that has been competing since the season. It is one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerate

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, the other being

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. Known as

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from 2006 to 2019 and

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from 2020 to 2023, the team was rebranded to RB for the 2024 season, and then switched to Racing Bulls in 2025. The current CEO is Peter Bayer, and the team principal is

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. At the start of the 2024 season, the team retained incumbent drivers

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and

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from when it was known as AlphaTauri; Ricciardo was dropped after the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix and was replaced with Red Bull junior and reserve driver

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. Lawson was promoted to the main Red Bull team for 2025, with Formula 2 graduate

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taking his place at Racing Bulls. Lawson was subsequently dropped from the Red Bull team after two races and returned to Racing Bulls, with Tsunoda promoted to the senior team.

Origins

The team traces its roots to

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, which competed in Formula One from 1985 to 2005, before being bought by

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in 2006 to become the junior team to

. From 2006 to 2019, it competed as "

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" and was known for housing future Red Bull talent, such as future four-time World Champion

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, former

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driver

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, and reigning four-time World Champion

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. In addition, Toro Rosso had previously employed 2023–24 driver

as part of its line-up in 2012 and 2013. For the

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, Toro Rosso was rebranded to "AlphaTauri" in order to promote Red Bull's AlphaTauri fashion brand. According to

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and

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, the rebrand to Scuderia AlphaTauri also acknowledged that it had transitioned from Red Bull Racing's junior team to its sister team. The team was rebranded to

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RB F1 Team for the 2024 season, shortened to the acronymised "VCARB". The new name was widely criticised by fans and the media, with Edd Straw of ''The Race'' calling it "the worst team name in Formula 1 history" and "an embarrassment to Red Bull and Formula 1 as a whole", arguing that the name "RB" lacks "personality, identity and ambition", could easily be confused with Red Bull Racing, and exists solely to force the sponsors to be mentioned more often. For the season, the team was entered as "Racing Bulls", discontinuing the usage of the "RB" initialism.

Racing history

Works Honda RBPT engines (2024–2025)

RB entered the 2024 Formula One World Championship with drivers

and

. The team continued using

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power units, having used

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-designed power units since the 2018 season when it was named

. In the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix, the team suffered a double retirement, caused by Haas's

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crashing into

and

's rear being struck by

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. Both drivers suffered major damage to their diffusers, with Ricciardo in particular being forced to retire a few laps later. Tsunoda suffered terminal rear-right damage and retired on the spot. Ahead of the , Ricciardo would leave the team and be replaced by reserve driver

for the remainder of the season. Lawson would then be promoted to Oracle Red Bull Racing to replace the outgoing

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with his place being taken by F2 graduate and Red Bull Junior driver,

. However, Lawson returned to Racing Bulls after two Grands Prix with Red Bull, with Tsunoda being promoted up to the main team in his place.

Ford-badged RBPT engines (2026 onwards)

With its sister team

switching to Red Bull Ford Powertrains power units, Racing Bulls will also follow suit and switch to Red Bull Ford Powertrains from until at least 2030.

Complete Formula One results

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Notes

References

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