Red Bull Racing, currently competing as Oracle Red Bull Racing and also known simply as Red Bull or RBR, is a
Formula One
Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
racing team,
competing under an Austrian racing licence and based in the United Kingdom. It is one of two Formula One teams owned by conglomerate
Red Bull GmbH
Red Bull GmbH () is an Austrian multinational private conglomerate company that created the Red Bull range of energy drinks. It is also known for its sponsorship, wide range of sporting events and Works team, teams. The headquarters of Red Bull ...
, the other being
Racing Bulls. The Red Bull Racing team has been managed by
Christian Horner since its formation in 2005.
Red Bull had
Cosworth
Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for auto racing, automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream Automotiv ...
engines in and
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...
engines in . The team used engines supplied by
Renault
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between and (from to 2018, the Renault engine was re-badged
TAG Heuer following the breakdown in the relationship between Red Bull and Renault in ). During this partnership, they won four successive Drivers' and Constructors' Championship titles in ,
2011
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,
2012
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*International Year of Cooperatives
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, and , becoming the first Austrian team to win the title.
The team began using
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
engines in . The works Honda partnership culminated in , following Red Bull driver
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
's World Drivers' Championship victory, with Verstappen also winning the championship in , , and . Red Bull also won two Constructors' Championship titles in 2022 and 2023, but lost out in 2021 to
Mercedes and in 2024 to
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
. Honda left the sport officially after 2021 but is set to continue to supply complete engines from Japan to the team partly under
Red Bull Powertrains branding until the end of .
Red Bull have a new
wind tunnel
A wind tunnel is "an apparatus for producing a controlled stream of air for conducting aerodynamic experiments". The experiment is conducted in the test section of the wind tunnel and a complete tunnel configuration includes air ducting to and f ...
due to be operational by 2026.
History
Origins
The current Red Bull team traces its origins back to the
Stewart Grand Prix
Stewart Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor and racing team founded by triple Formula One champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul Stewart (racing driver), Paul Stewart in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the Ford Motor Company, Ford works ...
outfit that made its debut in .
Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart (born 11 June 1939) is a British former racing driver, sports broadcasting, broadcaster and motorsport executive from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "the Flying Scottish people, Scot" ...
sold his team to the
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational corporation, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. T ...
late in 1999 who rebranded the team
Jaguar Racing. It had little success over the next five years.

Jaguar Racing was put up for sale in September 2004 when Ford decided it could "no longer make a compelling business case for any of its brands to compete in Formula One." Red Bull, an
energy drink
An energy drink is a type of non-alcoholic psychoactive functional beverage containing stimulant compounds, usually caffeine (at a higher concentration than ordinary soda pop) and taurine, which is marketed as reducing tiredness and improving pe ...
s company, agreed its purchase of Jaguar Racing on the final day of the sale, 15 November 2004.
BBC Sport
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reported that Ford asked bidders for a symbolic US$1 in return for a commitment to invest US$400 million in the team over three Grand Prix seasons.
The team continued to have access to the
Cosworth
Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for auto racing, automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream Automotiv ...
engine developed for their 2005 chassis, and the operation continued under the new title.
Christian Horner was installed as the new team boss and lined up
David Coulthard and
Christian Klien to drive for the team. The team operated under a British racing licence from to .
Red Bull Racing was not the start of Red Bull's involvement in Formula One, as they sponsored
Sauber
Sauber Motorsport AG, currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who pro ...
from 1995 to 2004. After buying a Formula One team of its own, Red Bull ended its long-term partnership with the Swiss team.
Cosworth engines (2005)
2005 season

Red Bull's owner,
Dietrich Mateschitz, reportedly tried to recruit former Formula One driver and
BMW Motorsport chief (and fellow Austrian)
Gerhard Berger to help guide the team through its debut season. However, this was never realised. For , the chassis was christened the
RB1. Red Bull Racing used
Cosworth
Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for auto racing, automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream Automotiv ...
engines in its maiden year due to the ease of continuing with the engine Jaguar Racing used.
Former
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
driver David Coulthard led the team. Coulthard was chosen for his experience, considered ideal to help lead the fledgling team. For the second car, Red Bull shared the drive between two of its young sponsored drivers:
Christian Klien, who had driven for Jaguar in , and 2004
F3000 champion
Vitantonio Liuzzi. At first, it was announced that Klien and Liuzzi would swap driving duty every four races, but by the end of the season, Liuzzi had appeared only four times.
Red Bull's first year in Formula One was a massive success compared to its predecessors, Jaguar Racing. They were 6th in the Constructors' Championship for most of the season, only beaten by the fast-improving
BAR Hondas at the end of the season. In a single season, they amassed more points than Jaguar had in and 2004. Coulthard, after a poor 2003 and 2004 with McLaren, was a revelation for the team while Klien showed that he had vastly improved from 2004. Overall they scored 34 points; 24 for Coulthard, 9 for Klien and 1 for Liuzzi. Red Bull Racing was a consistent point and occasional
podium challenger for most of their debut season.
American driver
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983) is an American race car driver who has competed in numerous disciplines, including open-wheel racing, open-wheel, stock car racing, stock car, and rallycross racing.
In , Speed became the first American ...
, who rose through the ranks in the American equivalent of the Red Bull Junior Team,
Red Bull Driver Search, was Red Bull Racing's
third driver in 2005 for the
Canadian
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and
United States
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Grands Prix. Speed was attractive to Red Bull Racing because of his American nationality which would raise the profile of both Red Bull and
Formula One
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in America, a market where the sport has traditionally struggled to make an impact.
Ferrari engines (2006)
2006 season
On 23 April 2005, the team announced a deal to utilise customer
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...
engines in . This coincided with a rule change mandating the use of
V8 engine
A V8 engine is an eight- cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
Origins
The first known V8 was the Antoinette, designed by Léon Levavasseur, a ...
s, making it likely that both Red Bull Racing and Ferrari would use the same specification engine. Red Bull Racing continued to use
Michelin
Michelin ( , ), in full ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises P.L.S."), is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes '' région'' of France. It is the second largest t ...
tyres, rather than the
Bridgestone
is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (18891976) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of (), meaning ...
s used by Ferrari.
On 8 November 2005, Red Bull Racing hired
Adrian Newey, the highly successful
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
technical director, as well as
Rob Marshal.
On 15 December 2005, the team's second car, the
Red Bull RB2, hit the track for the first time. David Coulthard completed a handful of laps of the
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
circuit in England, and declared the new car was a "sexy looking thing". In early testing Red Bull was plagued with cooling problems and overheating of car components.
At the opening race of the 2006 season in
Bahrain
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...
,
Christian Klien qualified eighth (ahead of
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo "Giano" Fisichella (; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Fisichella won three Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
Bo ...
's Renault and both BMWs). Coulthard had problems when he flat-spotted a tyre fighting with
Nick Heidfeld, and finished 10th; the cooling problems returned when his
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...
engine expired on the slowing down lap, forcing a grid penalty for the following race. In
Malaysia
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, Coulthard made up several places from the back of the grid but was forced to retire with hydraulic problems, while Klien had an opening lap incident with
Kimi Räikkönen and after pitting for repairs also retired with hydraulic failure. Coulthard got a point in
Australia
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after
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983) is an American race car driver who has competed in numerous disciplines, including open-wheel racing, open-wheel, stock car racing, stock car, and rallycross racing.
In , Speed became the first American ...
was penalised for passing him under the yellow flags. The following races were marred with retirements and lowly finishes.
Coulthard finished third at
Monaco
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, the team's first podium finish. Team boss Christian Horner said before the race that if one of his cars were to finish on the podium, he would jump into a swimming pool at the track naked. He ended up jumping into the pool wearing only a red cape. Coincidentally both
Stewart Grand Prix
Stewart Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor and racing team founded by triple Formula One champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul Stewart (racing driver), Paul Stewart in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the Ford Motor Company, Ford works ...
and
Jaguar Racing, the team's predecessors, also scored their maiden podiums at Monaco.

Coulthard scored a point at
Montreal
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, passing
Jenson Button in the closing stages of the race despite starting in last place due to an engine change that warranted a grid penalty. Klien also fared well, driving the second RB2 to 11th position. At the Klien retired along with eight other cars including
Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed on the first lap after a series of first corner incidents. Coulthard finished 7th.
The team finished 7th in the FIA Constructors' Championship, with 16 points, five points ahead of the struggling
Williams team. Coulthard (14 pts) finished in 13th place in the drivers' standings, the departed Klien (2 pts) was classified in 18th position. Klien's replacement,
Robert Doornbos, failed to score any points.
Renault engines (2007–2018)
Customer era (2007–2010)
=2007 season
=
saw the debut of the Adrian Newey designed
RB3. After lengthy discussions over Red Bull Racing's obligation to continue to use Ferrari engines for 2007, the team announced on 31 August 2006 they would use customer Renault engines for the 2007 season, the Ferrari contract being passed to
Scuderia Toro Rosso.
The team announced on 7 August 2006 that it had signed
Mark Webber to drive alongside Coulthard for the 2007 season, replacing
Christian Klien who ended his association with the team. Klien was replaced by
Robert Doornbos for the last three races of 2006. Doornbos became the team's non-racing third driver for 2007. In 2007 Red Bull officially became an Austrian constructor by receiving an Austrian licence, though continued to operate from the same base in Britain.
Despite qualifying in 7th place for his home race in
Melbourne
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,
Mark Webber finished down in 13th due to a persistent problem with a fuel flap that closed as the pit mechanics went to put the fuel in and when it was opened it remained open until the next pit stop greatly increasing drag and decreasing airflow over the rear wing. It was worse for Coulthard however, who crashed heavily with
Williams's Alexander Wurz in the late stages of the race.
Malaysia
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was more of the same for Webber, while Coulthard retired with brake problems. However, in
Bahrain
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the team showed improving pace, and Coulthard and Webber were running 7th (with Coulthard starting from the back) and 8th respectively before reliability problems put both out of the race in quick succession. However, in testing at
Barcelona
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Coulthard has set the fastest lap in the new configuration of the circuit (since superseded by
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa (; born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for TMG Racing, TMG and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Riley Technologies, Riley. Massa competed in Formula One from to , and w ...
). Coulthard secured the team's first points by scoring a gritty 5th with a faulty gearbox on his closing laps in
Spain
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, while Webber was dogged with hydraulic problems all weekend, eventually retiring from the race after failing to set a competitive lap in qualifying. The performance hike the team experienced at the Catalan track left both drivers and team optimistic about their future results, with reliability troubles being as much a focus as the increase of their already competitive pace.
Red Bull Racing further strengthened their technical department by hiring
Geoff Willis as Technical Director on 17 July 2007.
After this, the drivers seemed to have a stroke of good luck during the unpredictable and exciting
2007 European Grand Prix in which Webber finished 3rd, his second career podium. Coulthard backed it up with a strong 5th which was made all the more impressive by the fact he started 20th on the grid after the team mistakenly kept him in the pits too long resulting in him not being able to complete another qualifying lap.
Red Bull had a strong end to the season. Webber seemed on course for at least a podium at the
Japanese Grand Prix, but he was involved in a crash with
Sebastian Vettel. During the same race, Coulthard again demonstrated his wet-weather ability and finished 4th.
At the
Chinese Grand Prix, Red Bull had a competitive qualifying session. Coulthard achieved 5th on the grid, along with Webber in 9th.
=2008 season
=

Red Bull continued with the same drivers in and had numbers 9 and 10 on their cars after finishing 5th in the 2007 Constructors' Championship. Red Bull presented the
RB4 at the
Jerez circuit on 16 January and announced that
Sébastien Buemi
Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi (; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Envision. In formula racing, Buemi competed in Formula One from to , and w ...
would be their test and reserve driver for 2008 combining it with his GP2 drive with the
Arden International
Arden International, competing as Arden Motorsport, is a multiple formula racing team created and run by Christian Horner and Garry Horner. It currently competes in the GB4 Championship, and formerly ran in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Formula ...
GP2 team.
After Webber retired from the
opening round he went on to score 5 consecutive points finishes. Coulthard had a tougher start to the 2008 campaign due to poor qualifying, but a 3rd place at
Canada
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gave Red Bull their first podium since the
2007 European Grand Prix. At the half-way mark, the team had notched up 24 points – the same as their total for the 2007 season – and were locked in a fierce battle with
Toyota
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...
and Renault for 4th in the Constructors' Championship. The team had also resolved the reliability problems that had dogged them the previous year.
However, as the season progressed, Red Bull failed to keep up with their competitors. Red Bull scored just 5 points in the last 10 races, and
Toro Rosso – the Red Bull 'B team' – had overhauled their total by the season's end and won the rain-affected , becoming the first Red Bull-owned team to win a race. This fact led many to claim that the Renault engine powering the Red Bull was lacking in horsepower compared to the Ferrari and Mercedes engines. For the 2009 season, Renault was allowed to equalise the difference in engine power compared to their competitors after the single-year freeze in engine development from 2007.
Webber notched up his 50th top ten grid position in 107 Grands Prix at the . Coulthard announced his retirement from Formula One at the and, despite hopes for a strong final home Grand Prix, was forced to retire on the first lap, which also occurred at his final race in
Brazil
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where he retired at the second corner.
=2009 season
=
For , Red Bull Racing launched their new
RB5 chassis virtually on 8 February utilising a 3D computer-generated video narrated by Sebastian Vettel. The physical launch of the car was held the next day. The team secured their first pole position at the with Sebastian Vettel, posting the fastest time with just a single qualifying lap in Q3. Mark Webber qualified in third on the grid. The next day, Vettel won, with Webber second. Vettel's victory, in rain-soaked conditions, marked Red Bull Racing's first-ever win (although the team's predecessor,
Stewart GP, had won the
1999 European Grand Prix courtesy of
Johnny Herbert
John Paul Herbert (born 25 June 1964) is a British former racing driver and broadcaster. He competed in Formula One from to , winning three Formula One Grands Prix over a 12-season career. In endurance racing, Herbert won the 24 Hours of Le ...
).

In the next race at
Bahrain
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...
after qualifying 3rd, Vettel finished second behind
Jenson Button and collected another eight world championship points. At the , Webber and Vettel finished third and fourth respectively, after having qualified fifth and second. In
Turkey
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, Webber and Vettel finished second and third respectively. At the the car had new upgrades and Sebastian Vettel won after qualifying on pole position, ending championship leader Jenson Button's run of four straight wins. The team scored another 1–2 at the with Mark Webber (who scored his first win despite being given a drive-through penalty earlier on) leading home Sebastian Vettel. Mark Webber also took his second Formula One victory at the . Another 1–2 finish for the team was achieved at the season-ending , this time with Vettel finishing ahead of Webber.
Vettel finished second in the Drivers' Championship with 84 points, 11 behind Jenson Button. Mark Webber finished fourth with 69.5 points. The team also finished second in the Constructors' Championship with 153.5 points, 18.5 points behind
Brawn GP
Brawn GP was a Formula One constructor which competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team was formed in 2009 by a management buyout led by Ross Brawn of the Honda Racing F1 T ...
.
=2010 season
=
For the 2010 season, the team retained both
Mark Webber and
Sebastian Vettel, with Renault remaining the engine supplier.
At the opening round, the , Vettel took pole position while Webber qualified sixth. Vettel led the race until he slowed due to a spark-plug failure, while the two
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...
s and
Lewis Hamilton
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with M ...
overtook Vettel. Vettel finished fourth, and Webber finished eighth.
In
Australia
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, Vettel again took pole, with Webber in the second position. Vettel led the race and again looked set to take the race, but he reported a vibration of one of the front wheels on his car. The problem seemed to subside, and the decision was made to keep him on the track rather than pit him. A few corners later, the problem struck again, and Vettel ran off the track and subsequently retired, due to brake failure. Webber got wheelspin off the line and gave up one position on the run to the first right-handed corner. Subsequent errors led to him dropping a few more places, and near the end of the race, he crashed with Hamilton, destroying his front wing. He pitted to get a new one, and finished ninth, scoring two points.
In
Malaysia
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, Webber took pole with Vettel in the third position. Vettel managed to pass both
Nico Rosberg and Webber before the first corner, leading for all bar two laps en route to his and the team's first victory of the year. Webber led the other two laps and eventually finished second, with the team moving up into third in the Constructors' Championship.

The team once again scored pole position in
China
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, when Vettel managed to set a faster time than Webber, who completed the front row. Webber overtook Vettel at the start, but both were overtaken by
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...
, who was later given a penalty for a false start. The race was then hit by rain and
Jenson Button made the best strategy call and won the race, Vettel finished sixth whilst Webber was eighth. This left Vettel and Webber fifth and seventh in the Drivers' Championship respectively, and the team in third in the Constructors' Championship.
At the the two drivers were the other way around, with Webber on pole position and Vettel second on the grid. Webber won the race without too much trouble. Vettel, however, suffered brake problems and dropped to fourth – this became third when Hamilton had a puncture and crashed from second on the penultimate lap.
Webber took pole position again at the ; Vettel qualified third behind
Renault
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's
Robert Kubica
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, but overtook him at the start. Webber won the race and Vettel finished in second place.
After the race, Webber was leading the championship after being in seventh after China, with Vettel in second place (this was only by countback though because both drivers were on 78 points). The team was leading the Constructors' Championship.
At the , Webber again took pole position, taking the team's run of pole positions to seven consecutive races, with Vettel third on the grid. Following the pit stops, Webber and Vettel were running first and second until lap 40, when Vettel attempted to overtake Webber, leading to a collision between the two. Webber finished third, while Vettel was forced to retire. Neither driver took 100% of responsibility while senior members of the team alluded to the thought that Webber had not provided "enough room" for Vettel.
In
Canada
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, Hamilton took pole position – the first non-Red Bull pole of the year. Webber and Vettel were second and third respectively in qualifying before the pair finished fourth and fifth in the race. The team admitted that it was a track that the car struggled with.
At the in
Valencia, Spain
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, Vettel won from pole position, leading every lap of the race. Webber collided with the Lotus of
Heikki Kovalainen
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, flipping his Red Bull car into a somersault before landing and crashing into a tyre barrier.
At the at
Silverstone
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, Vettel took pole position but after a bad start, he got a puncture and subsequently dropped to the back of the field, eventually finishing seventh. Webber, who started from second, won after leading for the entire race.
Vettel qualified in pole position in front of the two Ferraris in
Germany
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, but finished his home race behind the pair in third place. Webber qualified in fourth but finished in sixth behind both the McLaren cars. During the race
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa (; born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for TMG Racing, TMG and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Riley Technologies, Riley. Massa competed in Formula One from to , and w ...
controversially let
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...
past into the lead to win the race after a message from the team. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said: "That was the most blatant team order ever". He also criticised Ferrari for not letting their drivers race each other.
At the in
Budapest
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, Vettel again took pole position and was leading until the safety car came out. He was second behind Webber, who started second and was then given a drive-through penalty for exceeding the ten-car maximum distance between himself and the safety car. This cost him second place and he finished third. Webber won the race after using his super-soft tyres for over half the race to build up a lead to keep him ahead after his stop. Webber won with
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...
ten seconds behind in second place.
The saw Webber claim pole position, despite McLaren and Ferrari having a straight-line speed advantage. At the start, the anti-stall device on Webber's car came on, dropping the Australian to 5th. Vettel, meanwhile in 3rd (after starting 4th) was chasing Jenson Button for 2nd place when he collided with the Brit at the Bus Stop. After sensing an inside passing opportunity, Vettel attempted to quickly change direction while under braking, causing the car to spear into the side of Button's McLaren. Button retired from the race, while Vettel was able to pit for repairs. He subsequently received a drive-through penalty for his action and suffered a rear tyre puncture while attempting to overtake
Vitantonio Liuzzi, finishing 15th. Webber was able to capitalise on the DNF of Button and Alonso, as well as a mistake by Renault's
Robert Kubica
Robert Józef Kubica (; born 7 December 1984) is a Polish racing driver, racing and rally driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for AF Corse. Kubica competed in Formula One between and , and the World Rally Championship ...
, during his pit stop, and finish 2nd, behind race winner Hamilton.
At the in
Monza
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, Webber had a bad start and was 9th from 4th place on the grid after the first lap. Vettel had brake binding problems for a short period, around lap 20, and he too dropped back a place but was then back on the pace. Webber was held back by
Nico Hülkenberg
Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Sauber. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Hülkenberg won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2015 with Por ...
in the latter part of the race, until he passed, and finished 6th. Vettel stayed out on soft tyres until the penultimate lap, doing better lap times than Webber and overtaking Mark when he pitted, to finish fourth.
At the in
Yeongam, Vettel gave the team its 19th pole position, while Webber started second, making it a Red Bull front row. On lap 18, Webber spun and hit the wall, and hit the
Mercedes of
Nico Rosberg, causing both drivers to retire. Worse was to come for the team when Vettel's engine failed just 10 laps from the finish, while he was in the lead, and the German retired and handed his lead to
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...
in the
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...
. Red Bull had suffered their first double retirement since the
2008 Australian Grand Prix and as a result, Webber lost his championship lead and Vettel's engine failure prevented him from leading the championship for the first time in 2010, but the team still led the Constructors' Championship.
At the in
São Paulo
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, Red Bull Racing became Constructors' Champion for the first time after Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished 1–2 in the race, enough to finish ahead of
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
and
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...
. In doing so Red Bull became the first Austrian team to win the Formula One Constructors' Championship. Christian Horner stated that the main goal had been achieved and that now his remaining aim was to win the Drivers' Championship and put the icing on the cake of Red Bull's year. In some other teams, the drivers would have been told to change positions, to improve better placed Mark Webber's chances to win the drivers' title in the last race, but the team insisted that the faster driver should win the race, and kept being reluctant to give any orders of the kind "let your teammate pass" to their drivers.
In the
final race at
Abu Dhabi
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, Sebastian Vettel won the race and the Formula One Drivers' Championship. Red Bull finished the year with a total of 9 Grand Prix victories with five going to Sebastian Vettel and four going to Mark Webber. Red Bull claimed a total of 15 pole positions with 10 going to Vettel and five going to Webber. The team scored six fastest laps three scored by Vettel and three scored by Webber. Horner also praised the sportsmanship of both drivers stating that they conducted themselves in a well orderly and mannered fashion.
Renault full-works partnership era (2011–2015)
=2011 season
=

Red Bull Racing was officially promoted to
Renault
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's full-works partnership status, receiving free engines as Renault's full-works constructor team was rebranded to
Lotus Renault GP. Both
Sebastian Vettel and
Mark Webber were retained by the team for the season, as was engine supplier Renault.
Vettel defended his world title – becoming the ninth driver to do so – after winning eleven of the season's races, and also achieved 15 pole positions during the season, breaking
Nigel Mansell
Nigel Ernest James Mansell (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons ...
's record from the season. Webber finished the season in third place in the championship, taking one victory, in the final race of the season in
Brazil
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. The team also defended their respective title, as they finished the season with 650 points in the Constructors' Championship, 153 points ahead of the next closest team,
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
.
Nissan
is a Japanese multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The company sells its vehicles under the ''Nissan'' and ''Infiniti'' brands, and formerly the ''Datsun'' brand, with in-house ...
's premium automotive brand
Infiniti
(stylized in all caps) is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Nissan. The brand began on November 8, 1989, initially in North America. The marketing network for Infiniti vehicles included dealers in over 50 countries in the 201 ...
joined Red Bull Racing as an official partner for the 2011 and 2012 seasons which saw Infiniti logos appear on the race car,
drivers overalls and team kit.
=2012 season
=
For the 2012 season, Red Bull retained the duo of
Sebastian Vettel and
Mark Webber from the previous three years. Webber was signed on a one-year contract extension while Vettel continued under his current multi-year agreement, ending at the end of 2014. Vettel won the Drivers' Championship for a third consecutive time in 2012 making him the youngest triple World Champion, surpassing
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held ...
.
=2013 season
=

The team was renamed Infiniti Red Bull Racing for the 2013 season following the announcement that premium automotive brand Infiniti had become Title Partner and Vehicle Performance Partner of the team.
Infiniti Red Bull continued with drivers
Sebastian Vettel and
Mark Webber for the fifth consecutive season. As with 2012, Webber was signed on a single year contract while Vettel continued to honour his current multi-year agreement.
In
Australia
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, the first race of the season, Vettel placed the new RB9 on pole position but struggled in the race finishing in 3rd place behind title rivals of 2012, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso whilst teammate Webber finished in sixth place. In
Malaysia
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the team went better with Vettel again putting the RB9 on pole, but unlike in Australia winning the race, albeit under heavy controversy. Vettel won the race after disobeying a direct team order. Red Bull ordered both its drivers to maintain position with the now infamous ‘Multi 21’ instruction, which was a code for the driver in car #2 (Webber) must remain ahead of the other driver in car #1 (Vettel). Vettel ignored the order and passed Webber with 13 laps remaining. In the cool down room Webber could be heard asking his teammate "Multi-21, Seb. Multi-21!” and so despite the 1–2 result, the race was overshadowed by Vettel's actions. In
China
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, the third race of the season, Vettel qualified in 9th whilst Webber qualified 14th after an issue with his fuel pick up led him to have to stop the car on the track. Infiniti Red Bull failed to give the FIA a 1-litre fuel sample, therefore, placing Webber at the back of the grid. The downfall of his performance was matched when a collision and then a dislodged wheel nut led to Webber not completing the race. Vettel finished in 4th, retaining his lead in the World Championship. In
Bahrain
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, the fourth race of the season, Vettel qualified in second place behind Nico Rosberg. Webber qualified fifth but after a 3 place grid penalty started the race in seventh. In the race, Webber failed to improve on his qualifying position finishing 7th whilst his teammate won the race in a dominating fashion. After the fourth race of the season, Infiniti Red Bull finished the first round of flyaway races leading both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships.
Sebastian Vettel extended his contract with Infiniti Red Bull Racing until the end of 2015, despite interests in racing for Ferrari and Mercedes. At the , Mark Webber announced his retirement from Formula One at the end of the season, having signed a deal with Porsche in the
FIA World Endurance Championship
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for 2014.
It was then announced before the Italian Grand Prix that
Daniel Ricciardo, the Toro Rosso driver, would replace Webber for the 2014 season, ending talk of Lotus's Kimi Räikkönen taking Webber's seat.
At the , Vettel secured the team's 50th pole position, and 40th Grand Prix victory. At the , Vettel sealed the Drivers' Championship title, and in doing so, won the Constructors' Championship for Infiniti Red Bull Racing for the fourth consecutive year.
=2014 season
=

Infiniti Red Bull started the season with reigning World Champion
Sebastian Vettel and
Daniel Ricciardo who replaced
Mark Webber after he had announced in 2013 that he would be moving to
Porsche
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in the
World Endurance Championship for 2014.
In pre-season testing, it became clear, not just from Red Bull, but other Renault teams that the Renault engine was very unreliable and down on power compared to the Ferrari and Mercedes engines. Renault struggled to get the new hybrid engine to function properly all through testing with the combustion engine, the kinetic recovery system, and the turbo all unable to work as one.
At the , Ricciardo had qualified second on his first race for the team while Vettel qualified a rather distant 13th being at least 1.8 seconds off pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton. In the race itself, Ricciardo finished second while Vettel retired after just three laps due to a power unit failure. However, after the race, Ricciardo was disqualified for violating the FIA's new rule of capping fuel use at 100 kg per hour in each race. He thus lost his podium finish. Red Bull appealed this decision on 14 April but lost their case.
At the Vettel qualified second while Ricciardo qualified fifth. On lap 49 Ricciardo had to retire due to a technical failure while Vettel went on to finish third and earn his first podium finish of the season. Ricciardo was hit with a ten-place grid penalty for the , due to an unsafe release by Red Bull at one of his pit stops. At the Ricciardo qualified third, but dropped to 13th due to his ten-place grid penalty from the previous week. Vettel qualified 11th. Ricciardo managed to finish fourth, obtaining his first championship points of the season. Vettel finished sixth. At the , under harsh weather conditions, Ricciardo qualified 2nd, with Vettel qualifying third. Ricciardo finished in 4th again, nearly 25 seconds ahead of his teammate Vettel, who finished 5th.
Ricciardo would go on to obtain the first podium finish in his career as a Formula One driver at the , after qualifying third, over a second behind polesitter Lewis Hamilton. Vettel did not participate in Q3 due to problems with his gearbox, which ultimately needed to be replaced, incurring a five-place grid penalty. Despite starting from the 15th position, Vettel managed to finish the race in 4th, setting the fastest lap of the race in the process. In
Canada
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, Ricciardo won the race, achieving his first career victory in Formula One.
After an with poor results, including Vettel's retirement, Christian Horner described the performance of the Renault engine as "unacceptable." He also mocked Renault in an interview with
Servus TV by saying that "the big difference between Mercedes and Renault is that when a driver with a Mercedes engine pushes the overtake button his car goes faster. When our drivers, which have a Renault engine, push the button, the car stops!"
The team finished second in the championship on 405 points, with the team only winning three races throughout the season.
=2015 season
=

Daniel Ricciardo returned for a second season with the team. At the previous year's , the team announced that Vettel would leave after the 2014 season. He was replaced by
Daniil Kvyat for 2015, who had spent a single season with the junior
Toro Rosso team.
2015 for Infiniti Red Bull was seen initially as a continuous resurgence for the team. It was expected from the progress Renault made with the engine in 2014 that in 2015 it would be close to the Mercedes duo of Hamilton and Rosberg. However, it quickly became apparent that reliability, power, and drivability were all major issues that plagued the team through the season.
At the Ricciardo qualified 7th while Kvyat qualified 13th. Kvyat failed to start the race due to a gearbox failure, whilst Ricciardo finished the race in sixth, a lap down from the race winner, Lewis Hamilton. The team scored their best finish in
Hungary
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, where Ricciardo and Kvyat finished 2–3. Their only opportunity to win a race occurred at the , however, both of the team's drivers made some mistakes allowing both of the Mercedes cars to pass them. Lewis Hamilton won the race and, as a result, his third Formula One World Championship.
Come the end of the season, it was the first winless season for Red Bull Racing since 2008, and come seasons end, Red Bull wanted to end its partnership with Renault due to the lack of progress and confidence expressed by Renault. Red Bull would however be unable to agree to have another engine instead opting to run Renault engines for the 2016 season but rebadged as TAG-Heuer.
They ended the season in fourth place on 187 points with Kvyat in seventh (95 points) and Ricciardo in eighth (92 points), their lowest finish position in seven years.
TAG Heuer era (2016–2018)
= 2016 season
=
For 2016, Red Bull Racing used Renault engines branded as
TAG Heuer due to their public breakdown with Renault in 2015. Infiniti also departed as a main sponsor to the newly reformed
Renault Sport Formula One Team for the same reason. The team announced on 17 March 2016, one day before the
Australian Grand Prix
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weekend, that they had formed a new technology partnership with
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC () is a British manufacturer of Luxury car, luxury sports cars and grand tourers. Its predecessor was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Headed from 1947 by David Brown (entrepreneur ...
, for the new season.
At the , Red Bull recorded their first podium of the season with
Daniil Kvyat finishing third behind
Sebastian Vettel and
Nico Rosberg.
Daniil Kvyat and Max Verstappen traded places ahead of the , with Verstappen promoted to Red Bull Racing and Kvyat returning to
Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Verstappen eventually won the Spanish Grand Prix, becoming the youngest ever Grand Prix winner.

2016 in general was a much stronger season for Red Bull Racing than 2015, especially after Max Verstappen replaced
Daniil Kvyat. This may be because
Daniel Ricciardo was pushed much more by Verstappen than he was by Kvyat, Ricciardo stating he has learned from Verstappen's driving techniques to improve as a driver. Red Bull would go on to collect podium finishes with Max Verstappen in
Austria
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and
Silverstone
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, with Daniel Ricciardo in
Monaco
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,
Budapest
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and in
Singapore
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, with both Verstappen and Ricciardo being on the podium in
Germany
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and
Malaysia
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. Daniel Ricciardo collected his 4th career victory in
Malaysia
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after Lewis Hamilton's engine failure. Verstappen had challenged for the victory but was compromised due to an incident at the start between Vettel and Rosberg leading to Verstappen referring to Vettel as 'crazy'. This incident was the latest flare-up between Vettel and Verstappen after the two disagreed over a first corner collision at the
Belgian Grand Prix which resulted in Max failing to score at a race where he started on the front row, outqualifying his teammate for only the 2nd time, in which a large number of Dutch fans had travelled to see him race.
Towards the end of the
Brazilian Grand Prix
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Verstappen dropped to 14th after changing back to wet tyres. He then gained 11 places in the closing 16 laps finishing in third place.
Red Bull Racing finished second in the Constructors' Championship that year, with Daniel Ricciardo taking third in the Drivers' Championship.
= 2017 season
=
In 2017, Red Bull Racing retained their 2016 driver line-up and continued using TAG Heuer-branded Renault engines. In the first race in
Australia
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, Ricciardo retired on lap 25, in a weekend plagued with problems for him, while Verstappen finished 5th.
Verstappen suffered various reliability issues with the car, suffering three retirements due to the engine and one due to an electric problem at the . He was also involved in three first-lap collisions that ended in retirement.
The team won three races in ; Ricciardo won the after starting tenth, while Verstappen won the and the . Moreover, Verstappen and Ricciardo finished second and third at the . In the Drivers' Championship, Ricciardo finished fifth with 200 points and Verstappen sixth with 168 points. The team finished third in the Constructors' Championship with 368 points.
= 2018 season
=
Ricciardo and Verstappen were both retained by the team for the 2018 season. On 25 September 2017, it was announced that
Aston Martin
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would become Red Bull Racing's title sponsor from 2018.
The team suffered a double retirement at the ; Ricciardo retired on lap 2 with an electrical issue, whilst Verstappen retired two laps later. Ricciardo then took the team's first win of the season at the following race, the , having started sixth on the grid. During the , both drivers crashed into each other at Turn 1. The team achieved a podium with Verstappen, during the securing the 3rd place, while Ricciardo achieved 5th place. At the Red Bull had a dominant car due to its highly efficient high down-force setup. Ricciardo scored a pole position, and despite running into an engine issue costing him power, he eventually won the race. This incident re-ignited the bad relationship with its engine manufacturer, Renault. Meanwhile, Verstappen crashed during free practice 3 and started from 20th on the grid, finishing the race in 9th place. This race also put an end to a streak of incidents for Verstappen. Monaco was also the last race that saw Daniel Ricciardo on the podium with Red Bull, with him parting ways with the team and joining rival team Renault at the end of the season.
The European season saw consistent podiums and a good form, with Verstappen winning Red Bull's home race at the Red Bull Ring during the . The second half of the season saw great form from Verstappen and good development of the car, as Verstappen scored 6 out of 8 possible podiums, and was the driver which scored the most points following the 2018 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Ricciardo had a spree of mechanical issues and retirements during the second half of the season, with him getting 7 retirements in total and no podiums after the first six races coming to the end of the season. Verstappen won the from second after pole position was grabbed by his teammate, making it Red Bull's first front-row lock-out in the turbo-hybrid era.
Verstappen was also finding himself in a back-to-back win at the
Brazilian Grand Prix
The Brazilian Grand Prix (), currently held under the name São Paulo Grand Prix (), is a Formula One championship race which is currently held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos neighborhood, Cidade Dutra, São Paulo. The in ...
but clashed with rival Esteban Ocon as the latter tried to unlap himself, costing him the victory. Following the race the drivers conflicted, resulting in 2 days of public service for Verstappen, which he completed on 9 February 2019. Ricciardo's multiple retirements would end up costing both himself and Red Bull key points in the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships. Verstappen would finish the 2018 season in 4th place, just 3 points behind
Kimi Räikkönen while Daniel Ricciardo would finish the season in 6th place, behind
Valtteri Bottas. Red Bull would finish the season in 3rd place behind Mercedes and Ferrari.
By the , Red Bull, encouraged by the progress of Honda in the sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso, decided that in 2019 it would officially end its relationship with Renault for the Honda power.
Honda engines (2019–2025)
Works-era (2019–2021)
= 2019 season
=

Preceding the 2018 , Red Bull Racing confirmed they are to utilise full-works
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
power units from 2019 to 2020, signing a two-year deal and thus ending their twelve-year partnership with
Renault
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.
The switch to
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
marked the first time since that Honda supplied two teams (
own works team and
Super Aguri) in the sport respectively.
On 3 August 2018, it was announced that Ricciardo would be leaving the team at the end of the season to join
Renault
Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company curr ...
, signing a two-year contract with them.
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri.
Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing age ...
was promoted from Toro Rosso to replace him.
On 12 August 2019, it was announced that
Alex Albon would move to Red Bull Racing for the rest of the season, replacing Gasly, who returned to Toro Rosso.
= 2020 season
=

For the 2020 season, the team retained
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
and
Alex Albon as their line-up.
Because of a modified calendar due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the first race of the season was the
Austrian Grand Prix. Toward the beginning of the race, Max Verstappen's Red Bull retired due to a technical issue. Later in this race, whilst making a charge for his first podium, Alex Albon was involved in an incident with
Lewis Hamilton
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which led to the Red Bull leaving the track and finishing in thirteenth. For the next six rounds, Verstappen finished in the podium positions including winning the
70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Albon consistently scored points but failed to finish with a podium. During the
Italian Grand Prix
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, Alex Albon had an incident with
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri.
Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing age ...
at turn 1 dropping him to fifteenth and was also given a five-second penalty for pushing Romain Grosjean during lap 5 leading to him finishing fifteenth. On the other hand, Verstappen had another mechanical issue and retired on lap 3. The next week however, Albon scored his first-ever Formula One podium at the finishing third while Verstappen had a collision with Gasly forcing him to retire. For the rest of the season, Verstappen managed to finish in the podium every race but three and Albon finished with one more.
The team ended the season in second in the World Constructors' Championship with 319 points. In the World Drivers' Championship, Verstappen finished third with 214 points and Albon finished seventh with 105 points. Following the season, Red Bull announced that
Sergio Perez would replace Alex Albon as the second Red Bull driver for the 2021 season.
= 2021 season
=

In October 2020, engine manufacturer Honda announced it would end its full-works participation in Formula One at the end of the 2021 season. Verstappen was contracted to continue racing for the team with experienced Mexican
Sergio Pérez
Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...
becoming his teammate as Albon took the reserve driver role.
Verstappen took pole position at the season-opening
Bahrain Grand Prix
The Bahrain Grand Prix (), officially known as the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, is a Formula One motor racing event in Bahrain. The first race took place at the Bahrain International Circuit on 4 April 2004. It made hist ...
. Verstappen was later out-qualified by
Sergio Pérez
Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...
at the
2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but went on to win the race and be just one point behind Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship standings. At the
Monaco Grand Prix
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, Red Bull Racing took the lead of the Constructors' Championship for the first time since the
2013 Brazilian Grand Prix as a result of another Verstappen win and a poor result for Mercedes. Verstappen also took the lead in the championship for the first time in his career after the race. In the
Azerbaijan Grand Prix Verstappen led the majority of the race and looked set to win before a late-race tyre blowout. Pérez won the race. Verstappen then took pole and won the next three races while Pérez took one more podium in France to grow Red Bull's championship lead.
At
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, Red Bull was beaten in Friday qualifying but Verstappen won the sprint on Saturday to claim a 4th consecutive pole position. During the race, Hamilton and Verstappen made contact at Copse corner, resulting in Verstappen crashing out of the race. In
Hungary
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, both Red Bulls suffered severe damage in a first-lap accident triggered by Mercedes'
Valtteri Bottas. Pérez was out of the race, Verstappen managed to salvage a 9th-place finish. In
Spa Verstappen took pole and won a rain-shortened race in which half points were awarded. In
Italy
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, Hamilton and Verstappen made contact yet again at the Rettifilo chicane which resulted in both drivers retiring from the race, and Verstappen receiving a 3-place grid penalty for the next race, as the stewards judged him at fault for the collision. At the
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Verstappen took pole position, his first since
Austin
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. He secured his first world title and a first championship for the team since 2013 with a last lap overtake on Hamilton.
On 10 October 2022, the FIA announced that Red Bull were one of two teams who had breached the 2021 Financial Regulations applicable during the season, with Red Bull committing what was described as "a Procedural Breach and a Minor Financial Overspend (less than 5% of the Cost Cap)". On 28 October 2022, the FIA announced that Red Bull had entered an Accepted Breach Agreement; in summary Red Bull were in breach of 13 points of non-compliance. The agreement resulted in a $7m fine and a 10% reduction in permitted aerodynamic research.
Red Bull Powertrains collaboration with Honda (2022–2025)
= 2022 season
=
American multinational software company
Oracle
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Descript ...
became the team's title sponsor for the season.
Following Honda's withdrawal as a works entity after 2021, an engine development freeze lobbied by Red Bull allowed them to sign a deal with Honda to use their engines until the end of 2024 (this would later be extended until 2025). The initial deal would see Red Bull receive the Honda engine
I.P and then construct and maintain the engines through a newly formed company named
Red Bull Powertrains Limited which also took over part of Honda's Milton Keynes facility. This was only made possible by the engine freeze being agreed upon as Red Bull, at the time, did not have the ability to further develop the Honda engine and without the freeze, there were concerns of falling behind rival manufacturers.
For the 2022 season, to reflect Honda's initial decision to withdraw, it was agreed that Red Bull would rebrand the Honda engines as RBPT power units.
During the season, as future regulations were announced for the next generation power units for the 2026 season, that initial deal was scrapped and another was created that would see Honda remain involved and retain all
I.P of its engines and agree to continue to manufacture, supply and maintain the engines until the end of the current regulations at the conclusion of the 2025 season. Despite their withdrawal, Honda developed and manufactured an improved power unit in time for the 2022 season – which would be used up to the end of 2024 – and will continue to provide trackside support and maintenance. The Honda-Red Bull deal was later extended to include the 2025 season.
On 27 July, in Morocco, official information was published on the approval of an application submitted jointly by
Porsche
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and
Red Bull GmbH
Red Bull GmbH () is an Austrian multinational private conglomerate company that created the Red Bull range of energy drinks. It is also known for its sponsorship, wide range of sporting events and Works team, teams. The headquarters of Red Bull ...
in which Porsche acquired 50% of the shares in Red Bull Technology, the parent company of Red Bull Racing and its Formula One program. This application had to be filed with the antitrust authorities of up to 20 countries, including outside the
European Union
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. The press release was due to go out for the
Austrian GP, however the
FIA did not approve the regulations for the 2026 engines before 29 June as planned, delaying official confirmation of Porsche's entry into Formula One. However, by March 2023 Porsche had decided to abandon its planned entry into F1.
Max Verstappen secured the sixth Drivers' World Championship for the team at the
Japanese Grand Prix, dominating much of the season winning 15 out of 22 races.
He then won the
United States Grand Prix
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to secure the Constructors' World Championship for Red Bull, their fifth overall and the first since 2013.
= 2023 season
=
Red Bull Racing retained their 2022 line-up, defending World Champion
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
and teammate
Sergio Pérez
Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...
, for the 2023 season. To reflect the re-strengthened deal agreed upon in 2022, Honda returned to being the named supplier of engines and it's branding was added back to the cars and team kit.
Immediately, the
RB19 was on the pace, outpacing all the other teams during pre-season testing. This pace was confirmed at the first race in
Bahrain
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when Verstappen, who took a comfortable pole position and race victory – the first of many throughout 2023. His teammate Pérez would himself win two races during the season, taking victory at the
Saudi Arabian and
Azerbaijan
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Grands Prix. The only race Red Bull did not win throughout the 2023 season was in
Singapore
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, where Verstappen and Pérez finished fifth and eighth respectively; Verstappen's former
Toro Rosso teammate
Carlos Sainz Jr. would take the victory at Marina Bay.
Red Bull remained consistent throughout the season, going on to secure the Constructors' Championship after Max Verstappen's triumph at the
Japanese Grand Prix. He would then secure the Drivers' Championship at the following
Qatar Grand Prix
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sprint event, with his victory at the
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marking the culmination of one of Red Bull's most successful seasons in Formula One to date. Following the success of the previous year's
RB18, the RB19, also designed by
Adrian Newey, was noted as being one of the most dominant cars in Formula One history. The RB19 won 21 out of the 22 races in the season, with a 95.45% win rate, outperforming the
McLaren MP4/4, another Honda-powered car with a high win rate. The MP4/4 had won 15 out of 16 races in the season with a 93.8% win rate; the only race it did not win is the
1988 Italian Grand Prix – which, like the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, was won by
Ferrari
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.
Winning the
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, the twelfth consecutive race Red Bull had won, set the record for most consecutive wins by a constructor, beating the record of eleven which had been held by
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
since the
1988 Belgian Grand Prix. The streak was subsequently extended to fifteen, with wins at the
Belgian,
Dutch, and
Italian
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Grands Prix. In addition, Verstappen became the first driver to surpass 1,000 laps led in a single season, and became the only driver to complete every racing lap in the 2023 season.
= 2024 season
=

Red Bull Racing retained their 2023 line-up, 3-times World Champion
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
and teammate
Sergio Pérez
Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...
, for the 2024 season. The
RB20 was revealed on 15 February, with what Verstappen described as a "bold" and "aggressive" design.
Red Bull Racing comfortably won the first two races, with Verstappen winning with over a ten-second gap from the car behind – both times the second car of Sergio Pérez. However, a brake failure due to overheating in the
2024 Australian Grand Prix caused
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
to retire.
The team achieved its one-hundredth pole position at the
2024 Chinese Grand Prix, with
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
on pole. The team acquired their first pole position fifteen years earlier with
Sebastian Vettel at the
2009 Chinese Grand Prix.
During the summer break, Red Bull Racing announced the departure of its Sporting Director,
Jonathan Wheatley after 18 years with the team. He will remain with the team until the end of the 2024 season, before entering a period of
gardening leave
Garden leave (also known as gardening leave) is the practice whereby an employee leaving a job – having resigned or otherwise had their employment terminated – is instructed to stay away from work during the notice period, while still remaini ...
in 2025. He is set to join upcoming Formula One team,
Audi
Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide.
The origins of the compa ...
, with the position of team principal in 2026.
Red Bull slowly recovered from issues stemming from an underfloor tweak at the
2023 Spanish Grand Prix. A new floor was introduced at the
2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, slightly improving the RB20's pace. Following a remarkable victory from
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
after starting from P17 in the
2024 São Paulo Grand Prix, Max scored 31 points during the weekend, securing his championship lead. He went on to take P5 in the
2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, outscoring his championship rival,
Lando Norris
Lando Norris (; born 13 November 1999) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren. Norris was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with McLaren, and has won Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix ...
, winning his fourth championship at 403 points. Verstappen then won the following
Qatar Grand Prix
The Qatar Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor racing event which is held in Qatar. It was held for the first time on 21 November as part of the championship at the Lusail International Circuit, and after not taking place during the season due ...
. However, this was not enough to stop the team losing all mathematical chance of retaining the constructors' title the team had won in 2022 and 2023 as Pérez retired with a clutch issue.
= 2025 season
=

During the
2024 Miami Grand Prix race weekend, Red Bull Racing announced the departure of its Chief Technical Officer,
Adrian Newey after 19 years with the team. He left for
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC () is a British manufacturer of Luxury car, luxury sports cars and grand tourers. Its predecessor was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Headed from 1947 by David Brown (entrepreneur ...
in March 2025. Despite initially having signed a contract until
2026, it was announced on 18 December 2024 that
Sergio Pérez
Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...
had mutually terminated his contract with Red Bull and would leave the team after four seasons. On 19 December, it was announced that
Liam Lawson, who had already driven for Red Bull's sister team
Scuderia AlphaTauri /
RB for parts of 2023 and 2024, would be lining up alongside Verstappen for the 2025 season.
The
Red Bull RB21 started the 2025 season off the pace of the pacesetting
McLaren MCL39
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. Despite this, after the first two rounds of the season in
Australia
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and
China
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- the latter event a Sprint - Verstappen, scoring a podium by finishing in second, sat in second place in the Drivers' Championship just eight points behind early leader Lando Norris. Meanwhile, Pérez's replacement Lawson struggled badly, qualifying 18th at his first race for the team in Australia, then crashing out of the race having started from the pit lane due to the team making setup changes to Lawson's car outside of
parc fermé
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Area
According to the FIA Formula One regulati ...
regulations after qualifying. At the following race in China, Verstappen scored a podium during the sprint, but finished in fourth for the Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Lawson qualified 20th and last for both the Sprint and the Grand Prix, starting the Grand Prix once again from the pit lane after the team took his car out of parc fermé to make setup changes to the car in an effort to improve the handling of Lawson's car. He finished the Sprint 14th and Grand Prix 16th, but was promoted to 12th in the results after three drivers ahead of him were disqualified for technical infringements, while another driver was given a time penalty for dangerous driving.
Following the race weekend in China, team advisor
Helmut Marko revealed to
Sky Germany that the team would hold a "crisis meeting" to discuss their disappointing start to the season, and discuss Lawson's future at the team. By 26 March 2025, rumours started to circulate that ahead of the
Japanese Grand Prix, Lawson, following his two Grands Prix with the team ending with disappointing results, would be demoted back to sister team
Racing Bulls, with their driver
Yuki Tsunoda
is a Japanese racing driver who competes in Formula One for Red Bull Racing.
Born in Sagamihara and raised in Tokyo, Tsunoda began competitive kart racing aged nine. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , Tsunoda graduated to junior formu ...
being promoted to Red Bull in Lawson's place. On 27 March 2025, Red Bull confirmed that Yuki Tsunoda would drive for the team from the Japanese Grand Prix onwards.
RBPT-Ford engines (2026 onwards)
After months of speculation, Porsche AG confirmed in September that talks with Red Bull GmbH would not continue. The intention was to reach an engine and team partnership, based on equal footing but the negotiations never came to fruition. Instead, on 3 February 2023,
Ford Motor Company
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announced a partnership with Red Bull Powertrains that would begin during the 2026 season, providing "expertise in areas including battery cell and electric motor technology as well as power unit control software and analytics" and "combustion engine development" for Red Bull Racing and
Racing Bulls.
The new power unit (PU) regulations in 2026 by the
FIA will retain the same layout as current engines, with the same
RPM
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. However, a reduced fuel flow rate will be introduced. A power output of 400
kW (539
HP) will be achieved with the new PUs. The
Internal Combustion Engine
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(ICE) will be simplified to reduce costs. The
Energy Recovery System (ERS) will be increased to 350
kW, compared to the previous 120
kW.
Corporate information
Image and marketing

Red Bull has been very vocal about wanting to make Formula One "fun" again. One way in which they went about doing that was by employing Mark Gallagher, who was head of marketing for nine years at
Jordan
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, itself an exciting brand in the late 1990s. Red Bull also started ''
The Red Bulletin
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Editorial concept
''The Red Bulletin'' ...
'', a sports and adventure magazine that is released four times per race weekend and distributed to the paddock and members of the public from behind the main grandstand at each track.
In the
2006 Monaco Grand Prix, they supported the movie ''
Superman Returns
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'', which continues the line of marketing events begun by the ''
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' promotion of 2005 (in the 2005 race, the pit crew dressed up as
clone troopers) and the ''
Ocean's Twelve
''Ocean's Twelve'' is a 2004 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by George Nolfi. Serving as the second installment in the ''Ocean's'' film trilogy, it is a direct sequel to ''Ocean's Eleven'' (2001). The film feature ...
'' promotion of 2004, as well as ''
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' promotion of 2003 when the team ran under the
Jaguar Racing banner. When Coulthard finished third in the 2006 race, he donned a
Superman
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cape for his appearance on the podium.
In the
2019 British Grand Prix,
007
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logos were used in the livery to replace the
Aston Martin
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logos, to celebrate the 1007th Grand Prix. The cars also had Bond-themed number plates on the underside of their rear wings. Max Verstappen had the number plate from the
Aston Martin DB5
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from ''
Goldfinger'' (BMT 216A) while
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri.
Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing age ...
's car featured the
Aston Martin V8 plate (B549 WUU) from ''
The Living Daylights''. Both drivers wore special racing overalls with a print of a single-breasted dinner suit. The 007 logo was first used during their race as Jaguar in the
2002 season to promote ''
Die Another Day''.
At the 2024
Goodwood Festival of Speed
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, Red Bull celebrated its 20th year as a racing team by bringing together past and present drivers for celebrations, including: a parade of Red Bull
Formula One
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cars driven by those drivers, team lead
Christian Horner and technical director
Adrian Newey; an on-site Red Bull 'Energy Station' with displays and a press and fan meeting place; and photo-ops, including a group photo of Horner and Newey with
Red Bull Academy ProgrammeF1 Academy
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-championship driver
Hamda Al Qubaisi (
2023
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– ) and RBR Formula One drivers
David Coulthard (–),
Christian Klien (2005–),
Mark Webber (–),
Daniel Ricciardo (–),
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
(– ) and
Sergio Perez (–).
Finances
Red Bull Racing had revenue of $285.4 million and expenses of $284.4 million in 2011. The revenue came from prize money ($88.8 million), sponsors ($59.7 million), and the remainder from Red Bull. Expenses included $112.8 million in research and development and $82.7 million in salaries for 605 employees.
Red Bull Technology

Red Bull Technology Limited, previously Red Bull Racing Holdings Limited, is the parent company of Red Bull Racing set up to design, engineer, and build the cars for its Formula One team, and previously its sister team
Scuderia Toro Rosso. Red Bull Technology was regarded as a loop-hole to allow Red Bull to run two teams with the same car from 2007, which had been prohibited in Formula One since the 1980s. Complaints were issued to the FIA from rival teams, but they were discarded by the sport's governing body. Neither Red Bull Racing nor Scuderia Toro Rosso denied they ran fundamentally the same chassis, but claimed the separate development programs, different engines and in their opinion that the chassis was designed by neither team made it legal.
The regulations were changed in 2010 to forbid the use of identical cars between teams, and Toro Rosso no longer had its cars produced by Red Bull Technology. Since then the team indigenously designed and built their cars, having built the necessary infrastructure in-house.
Red Bull Technology also partnered
Scuderia Toro Rosso, later Scuderia AlphaTauri and Visa Cash App RB as their transmission partner and supplier from 2006 onwards, and KERS partner and supplier from 2011 to 2013. They also served
Team Lotus
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, American Championship Car Racing, Ind ...
, later
Caterham F1
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as transmission supplier from 2011 to 2014 and KERS supplier from 2012 to 2013.
Red Bull Technology uses ''
rFactor Pro'' driving simulation software.
Red Bull Advanced Technologies
Red Bull Advanced Technologies Limited (RBAT) is owned by Red Bull GmbH and serves as the commercial technology and engineering services arm of Red Bull Racing. The company is based in the United Kingdom, in a dedicated facility, adjacent to the Red Bull Racing Formula One facilities.
Red Bull Advanced Technologies in collaboration with
Aston Martin
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developed the
Aston Martin Valkyrie sports car.
Red Bull Advanced Technologies in a collaborative effort with
Dallara
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and
IndyCar
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, developed the 'aeroscreen' safety device for usage in the
IndyCar Series
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.
Red Bull Advanced Technologies announced in June 2022 that they were developing a hypercar completely in-house, named the
RB17, in line with their Formula One car naming scheme. The car would be designed by
Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer at Red Bull Racing. Only 50 units are to be made, with production scheduled to begin in 2025. The prototype was revealed to the public at
Goodwood Festival of Speed
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by Oracle Red Bull Racing Team in July 2024.
Sister Formula One team
In the autumn of 2005, Red Bull announced that they had purchased the cash-strapped
Minardi
Minardi was an Italian automobile racing team and constructor founded in Faenza in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. It competed in the Formula One World Championship from 1985 until 2005 with little success, nevertheless acquiring a loyal following ...
Formula One team, and it would be known as
Scuderia Toro Rosso (STR) (Italian for ''Team Red Bull'') from 2006 onwards. STR operates as a separate team, but the two share certain technical resources. In 2006, STR used a chassis based on the 2005 Red Bull Racing
Red Bull RB1 chassis, originally designed by Jaguar Racing, and Minardi's contracted supply of rev-limited
V10 Cosworth
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engines. It was widely speculated that the 2007 chassis for both teams would be essentially the same
Adrian Newey design, although Red Bull was careful to announce that the "STR2 will be built by Red Bull Technology, and Toro Rosso will fully own the intellectual rights of the car". Formula One teams are not allowed to use another team's chassis. STR has been used as a 'B' team for Red Bull Racing, allowing the company to work with more drivers. As of the 2010 season this arrangement was outlawed, and the STR5 is the first Toro Rosso car designed and built in-house. In 2006, Red Bull Racing driver
Vitantonio Liuzzi was given a full-time seat with STR alongside another Red Bull sponsored driver,
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983) is an American race car driver who has competed in numerous disciplines, including open-wheel racing, open-wheel, stock car racing, stock car, and rallycross racing.
In , Speed became the first American ...
. Liuzzi retained his seat in STR for the 2007 season.
Sebastian Vettel replaced Speed in the middle of the 2007 season, and
Sébastien Bourdais
Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (; born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver who currently races in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota in the Hypercar category. He is one of the most successful dr ...
replaced Liuzzi at STR for the season. Against expectation, Toro Rosso performed well during the 2008 season and Sebastian Vettel won the
2008 Italian Grand Prix. This meant that STR took their first win before Red Bull Racing, and helped to secure Vettel a drive with Red Bull Racing for 2009 when he also took that team's first win.
For , the team was rebranded as Scuderia AlphaTauri to promote Red Bull's fashion brand
of the same name. Scuderia AlphaTauri achieved their maiden Grand Prix win under the new name at the
2020 Italian Grand Prix. The race marked
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri.
Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing age ...
's first career race victory and the first for a French driver since
Olivier Panis
Olivier Jean Denis Marie Panis (; born 2 September 1966) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Panis won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix with Équipe Ligier, Ligier.
Panis competed in Formula One for Équipe Ligier, ...
won the
1996 Monaco Grand Prix 24 years prior.
For , the team was rebranded as
RB Formula One Team and is competing as
Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team.
Daniel Ricciardo and
Yuki Tsunoda
is a Japanese racing driver who competes in Formula One for Red Bull Racing.
Born in Sagamihara and raised in Tokyo, Tsunoda began competitive kart racing aged nine. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , Tsunoda graduated to junior formu ...
were retained from the
previous season.
For 2025, the team was rebranded as
Racing Bulls and is competing as Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team. Yuki Tsunoda was retained from the
previous season and
Isack Hadjar
Isack Alexandre Hadjar (, ; born 28 September 2004) is a French and Algerian racing driver who competes Formula One drivers from France, under the French flag in Formula One for Racing Bulls.
Born and raised in Paris to an Algerian family, Hadj ...
was signed for his rookie season.
Racing record
As a constructor, Red Bull Racing have achieved the following statistics:
* Constructors' Championships winning percentage:
* Drivers' Championships winning percentage:
* Winning percentage:
(Bold indicates championships won.)
* Season still in progress.
Drivers' Champions
The following drivers won the Formula One Drivers' Championship for Red Bull:
*
Sebastian Vettel (, , , )
*
Max Verstappen
Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...
(, , , )
Esports
Esports Drivers' Champions
The following drivers won the Formula One Esports Drivers' Championship for Red Bull Racing Esports:
* Frederik Rasmussen (
2023–24).
*
Jarno Opmeer (
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
).
Complete F1 Esports Series results
(
key (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress
See also
*
List of Formula One constructors
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*
List of Formula One constructor records
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References
External links
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