Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is an Austrian Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England, owned by the energy drink company Red Bull GmbH. The company acquired Jaguar Racing for about US$110,000,000, when the previous owner of this team, Ford Motor Company, announced its withdrawal from the top flight of the motoring. Red Bull also has another Formula 1 subsidiary team, called Scuderia AlphaTauri, known until 2019 as Scuderia Toro Rosso, headquartered in Faenza, Italy, from which young drivers later make the jump to the first team. He competes from 2005 and in its first two seasons it participated with a British license.
Although the team owes its name to the beverage company, which in addition to its owner is also its main sponsor, the commercial name of the team has undergone modifications in different seasons, in which they incorporated to it the name of different notable sponsors who have managed to close an agreement with the team. He has six World Drivers' Championships to his credit: four by Sebastian Vettel, two by Max Verstappen; and five Constructors' World Championships.
History
Background (1995-2004)
The origins of the team date back to the team created by Jackie Stewart, called the Stewart Grand Prix, which contested its first races in 1997. The team was bought by Ford and raced under the name Jaguar Racing during the 2000 Formula One season 1. Despite the youth of the team compared to other manufacturers such as Scuderia Ferrari and McLaren, it was considered quite a successful start, with a race won in 1999. However, numerous technical and administrative changes, which included the hiring of personalities high-profile, like Niki Lauda and Bobby Rahal and the failed attempt to woo designer Adrian Newey, the team never again achieved the achievements of the Stewart era.
Following the team's disappointing results, Ford announced its retirement after the 2004 Formula 1 season.
Previously, Red Bull had sponsored Sauber teams between 1995 and 2004; and Arrows in 2002, before the bankruptcy of this team.
Home (2005-2008)
Season 2005
On November 15, 2004, Red Bull announced that the acquisition of Jaguar Racing had been completed. During the 2005 Formula 1 season, the team maintained Cosworth powertrains. The first drivers of the team were the veteran David Coulthard and the young Christian Klien, who made their debut in the 2005 season scoring points with both cars in their first two races. In the end they finished their first year in 7th place among the manufacturers with 34 points, making it a promising start for the rookie Austrian line-up, especially compared to what achieved by Jaguar in its final year.
The owner of Red Bull, Dietrich Mateschitz, tempted his Austrian compatriot Gerhard Berger, former driver in the category and director of BMW Motorsport, to become the new team's manager.
In November 2005, the hiring of designer Adrian Newey was announced for 2006.
Season 2006
After a first season with positive signs, the team expected more in 2006, but the start was quite disappointing, with only two points obtained in six races. On May 28, 2006, Red Bull achieved its first podium finish in history when David Coulthard finished third in the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix. They finished seventh again in the manufacturers' standings, although with fewer points than in 2005, despite having Ferrari engines.
Season 2007
In 2007, the team incorporates Mark Webber, who, in part, returns "home" following his stint at Jaguar in 2003 and 2004, and would use Renault engines Along with David Coulthard, Webber would form the team's starting driver line-up; so Christian Klien sought to continue in Formula 1 trying to enter as a test driver at Honda, a signing that was consummated. After some difficult first races, at the 2007 European Grand Prix, Mark Webber knew how to take advantage of the chaos in the first few laps to score the second podium of his career, while luck did not smile on him at the Fuji circuit, where he was seen forced to abandon when he was run over by the young Sebastian Vettel when he was running second. Despite this, RBR completed a remarkable season in 5th place in the team classification; remaining nine points from fourth position as they were devastated by dropouts.
Season 2008
For the 2008 season, the team decided to keep its two drivers and after two years of drought, Scotsman David Coulthard once again stood on the podium at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, where he delivered a great performance with a strategy to a single stop. It must be said that the performance of the RB4 was remarkable in the first half of the year, although it subsequently decreased in performance and had a bad end to the season. In the end, the Austrian team worsened its position in the championship (7th) compared to that of 2007 (5th), although it achieved more points than then (29 to 24).
Golden Years (2009-2013)
2009 season: on the lookout for championships
Despite the retirement of the experienced Scotsman David Coulthard, the young Sebastian Vettel replaced him in 2009, after completing a magnificent season the previous year (8th with 35 points) and having achieved a victory and a pole position position with the Toro Rosso. It was precisely Vettel who helped Red Bull Racing achieve its first pole position and its first victory in Formula 1, standing up to teams whose cars have double diffusers, at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix.
In 2009, Red Bull completed a magnificent season in which they knew how to interpret the new regulations regarding single-seaters better than anyone, along with Brawn GP, being the revelations of the year by significantly improving their performance compared to 2008. In fact, Red Bull was the first team to break the overwhelming dominance of Brawn GP and Jenson Button, and was usually their closest competitor. The team was proclaimed runner-up in the Constructors' Championship, while Sebastian Vettel secured runner-up for drivers and Mark Webber finished 4th. Vettel won 4 races; and Webber, 2. It was the prelude to a great leap in quality by RBR.
For the 2010 season, the team is positioned as one of the favorites because of the great car from the previous season. Indeed, at the end of the preseason everyone points to the team as the rival to beat.
2010 season: the first conquest in a hotly contested year
In the first race in Bahrain, Vettel took a rather authoritative pole position, and in the race he leads without problems. However, with a few laps to go, his exhaust begins to fail and he finds himself passed by Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton, eventually finishing 4th. Mark Webber finished in 8th place, also with quite a few problems, proving that the Red Bull RB6, like its predecessor, was fast but somewhat fragile. In Australia, Vettel once again took pole, but once again dropped out due to a breakdown when he was in the lead. Finally, it is in Malaysia where the team achieves its first victory and double of the year, with Vettel ahead of Webber. Later came two consecutive victories for Webber, in Spain and Monaco. However, McLaren's consistency relegates them to second place in the standings.
After a season marked by overwhelming dominance in qualifying (with 15 of 19 pole positions achieved), the team claimed victory in the constructors' championship at the last race, in Brazil after adding 43 points thanks to Sebastian Vettel's victory and Mark Webber's second place, and thanks to Ferrari's mistake that made a mistake in the strategy of Alonso, who was leading the championship, obtaining a total of 469 points to date. As a final climax, Sebastian Vettel became the youngest champion in history, winning the last GP of the championship at Yas Marina, for which Red Bull finished the season with 498 points.
2011 season: second championship in a devastating year
In 2011, with an unbeatable RB7, they revalidated both championships with indisputable superiority, to the point that they took more than 100 points from their first pursuer in both the drivers' and constructors' world championships. Vettel made a spectacular start, finishing either first or second in every race until he was fourth at round ten, mathematically claiming himself champion by finishing third in the Japanese GP. Among other data, we must highlight the record of 18 pole positions out of 19 possible and 12 victories out of 19 possible.
2012 season: three-time championship suffered
With the start of the 2012 season in Melbourne at the Albert Park track, all eyes were on Red Bull and their new RB8, with which they wanted to win another title. But during the final qualifying session only 5 remained º and 6º; although after a difficult race, Sebastian Vettel finally achieved 2nd place and Mark Webber 4th. For the second round, at the Malaysian Grand Prix during a stormy race, Sebastian was sitting in 4th place, until he collided with an HRT driver and fell outside the points box. Webber finished in 4th place. In the third race in China, a risky strategy did not work the same way for the drivers. Both finished in the points (4th and 5th) and thus Red Bull obtained the constructors' lead. Fourth time was the charm and Vettel won his first race of the season in Bahrain.
Despite the ban on blown exhausts, which put an end to his superiority and limited his performance in the first part of the championship; the Austrian team knew how to overcome this, significantly improving its car in the second half of the year. That allowed Vettel to string together four dominant wins in a row, between Singapore and India. In the penultimate race of the year, in the United States, Red Bull obtained its third consecutive crown. Finally, on November 25, 2012 in Brazil, Sebastian Vettel achieved his third consecutive title, becoming the youngest three-time champion, despite a touch at the beginning of the test that delayed him to the last position.
2013 season: from less to more towards the four-time championship
In February 2013, the Red Bull team presented the new car, known as the RB9 and designed by Adrian Newey.
The team started the season looking competitive, but suffered from tire degradation in the race and was not as superior to its rivals as in previous years. Despite everything, Vettel achieved a podium finish in the opening round in Australia and led a controversial one-two for the team in Malaysia, where he disobeyed team orders. In China, Red Bull was not successful in qualifying and in the race they could only obtain 4th place from Vettel and a retirement from Webber due to losing the wheel, but Sebastian would prevail again in Bahrain. Both drivers finished in the points in Spain, and in Monaco they took 2nd and 3rd place on the podium. Vettel consolidated his leadership by winning clearly in Montreal. The Silverstone race was bittersweet for Red Bull, as Webber moved into the box, but Sebastian suffered his first DNF of the year with a breakdown. However, the three-time champion recovered by beating his fans at the Nürburgring. Before the summer break, Vettel added another podium finish in Hungary, and returned to his own right, winning clearly in Belgium and Italy, as well as a third consecutive victory in Singapore with more than 30 seconds of difference with respect to Alonso despite a car of mid-race safety. The unstoppable streak of the Vettel-Red Bull pairing continued and finally, with another overwhelming victory in India, the team and the driver became four-time F1 world champions. Far from relaxing, Vettel won the remaining three races, chaining 9 victories consecutive at the end of the year.
End of hegemony and end of stage with Renault (2014-2018)
2014 season: farewell to Vettel, runner-up and only 3 victories
On September 2, 2013, Red Bull confirms the young Daniel Ricciardo as Sebastian Vettel's new teammate in 2014. With the introduction of the new V6 turbo engines, the team had significant reliability problems with its Renault units, which complicated his work in tests by limiting his mileage. These problems caused Sebastian Vettel to retire at the Australian GP, where Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified for exceeding the fuel limit after finishing second. In the next race, Vettel took his first podium of the year by finishing in 3rd place. After two difficult tests, the team achieved two new podium finishes at the hands of Ricciardo in Barcelona and Monaco and the Australian driver himself surprised by getting his first victory in Canada, after overtaking Nico Rosberg in the last moments of the race. After a disappointing performance in front of their fans in Austria, Red Bull is competitive again at Silverstone (where Daniel Ricciardo is 3rd) and again takes another victory in Hungary thanks to the young Australian driver. In Belgium, Ricciardo would triumph again, taking advantage of Mercedes' problems and confirming itself as the only alternative to its dominance. In the Singapore GP, the two Red Bull drivers were on the podium, finishing 2nd (Vettel) and 3rd (Ricciardo). At the Japanese GP, the two Red Bull drivers finished 3rd and 4th, this being Vettel's last podium with the team, while at Austin Ricciardo gave the team the last podium of the year. In Abu Dhabi, the two Red Bull drivers were disqualified in qualifying due to irregularities in their front wing, but both drivers come back in the race and finish in 4th (Ricciardo) and 8th (Vettel), certifying the team's runner-up position.
2015 season: winless year
On October 4, 2014, the German Sebastian Vettel announces his departure from the team for 2015, being replaced by the young Russian Daniil Kvyat. The team started the season again with reliability problems (Kvyat could not even take the start in Australia due to a breakdown on the formation lap), but this time the car was less competitive than its predecessor, as it did not go beyond the fight for points. Only in Monaco were they close to fighting for the podium, finishing 4th and 5th. Thus, the team has its worst start to the season since 2008. In Hungary, the team achieves its first podium of the season, with Kvyat 2nd and Ricciardo 3rd. After the summer break came the Belgian GP, an unfavorable circuit for the Red Bulls. Daniel had to retire, while Daniil finished in a creditable fourth position. In Monza, both drivers started from the last positions due to a penalty for using a new engine, but in the race they were able to come back and score some points. In the final stretch of the championship, Kvyat managed to be the best driver in the team, in contrast to the first races, a period in which Ricciardo was superior. After an unsuccessful Asian run, the team battled for victory while the track was wet in the United States, but then broke down on dry asphalt, taking 4th and 5th places in Mexico. Finally, Red Bull finished as the 4th team in the constructors' world championship, being the first time that it did not achieve a victory since 2008.
2016 season: rebound with two wins
In 2016, the Austrian team used engines with a Renault power unit and Ilmor components under the name TAG Heuer, which joined the team after ending its sponsorship with McLaren. In addition, both Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo were confirmed as drivers one more year. However, from the Spanish Grand Prix Max Verstappen took the place of Daniil Kvyat, being the youngest driver to debut for Red Bull, at 18 years old.
The team got two wins. First, Verstappen won the Spanish GP against Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel and his teammate, being the youngest driver to win a Grand Prix at 18 years and 228 days. Later, at the Malaysian GP, Daniel Ricciardo achieved the second victory of the season for Red Bull, completing a double with Verstappen's 2nd position.
2017 season: behind Mercedes and Ferrari
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In 2017, Red Bull maintained its 2016 driver line-up and continued to use TAG Heuer-branded Renault engines. In the first race in Australia, Ricciardo retired on lap 25, a weekend fraught with problems for him, while Verstappen finished fifth.
Verstappen suffered several reliability problems with the car, suffering three retirements due to the engine and one due to an electrical problem at the Canadian Grand Prix. He was also involved in three first-lap collisions that ended in retirement.
The team won three races in 2017; Ricciardo won in Azerbaijan after starting tenth, while Verstappen won in Malaysia and Mexico. Additionally, Verstappen and Ricciardo finished second and third in Japan. 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: last year with Renault
The 2018 season meant a slight improvement in the team's results. Again behind Mercedes and Ferrari, Red Bull scored one more victory than last year, but reliability problems continued, causing Ricciardo to retire in eight races. In June, Red Bull announced that it would use Honda engines from next season, and in August, Renault made the Australian driver's contract official for 2019.
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Honda Era (2019-2021)
2019 season: three wins with Verstappen
In the Japanese manufacturer's first year, Red Bull achieved a total of three victories and nine podium finishes, all at the hands of Verstappen. Pierre Gasly was called up to replace Ricciardo, but was replaced by Alexander Albon from race number 12. None of them got on the podium with Red Bull, the clearest situation being that of the Thai in the Brazilian Grand Prix, in which he received an impact from Lewis Hamilton when he was second with two laps to go.
2020 season: runner-up behind Mercedes
The team retained Max Verstappen and Alex Albon as its line-up for the 2020 season and will use the Red Bull RB16 chassis.
Verstappen takes two wins, the 70th Anniversary GP and the Abu Dhabi GP while Alex Albon took his first Formula 1 podium finish at the Tuscany GP and another third place at the Bahrain GP, bringing the Austrian team obtains the second place with 319 points only below Mercedes.
Season 2021: Verstappen's title
Max Verstappen participated during the 2021 season alongside Mexican driver Sergio Pérez, while Alex Albon remained as reserve driver. Red Bull used the updated 2020 chassis, called the RB16B. In a season that after the preseason results seemed the most even of the hybrid era, it began with a pole by Max Verstappen in Bahrain, which would end with a controversial second place, Pérez for his part would manage to come back and to finish in fifth position, later in Emilia-Romagna, Pérez beat Verstappen in the classification; however, the result for both of them in the race would be totally different, in the face of the rain, Verstappen took a resounding victory, while Pérez, between a penalty and several errors, did not get points, a certain regularity would come on the first day of two consecutive awards, highlighting the second places followed by the Dutchman in Portugal and Spain.
The Monaco Grand Prix would turn both world championships around, the high number of points from Verstappen who got his second victory of the season and fifth podium in a row, combined with fourth place from Pérez and a big stumble from Mercedes, were enough to propel Red Bull to the lead in the Constructors' Championship for the first time since Brazil 2013 and Verstappen to the lead in the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career. Two weeks later in Azerbaijan, both Red Bulls after their pit stop managed to get first and second in the race, something that would last until lap 47, when Verstappen suffered a puncture in one of his tires, causing his retirement and a Red Flag; With the abandonment of Max, his teammate Sergio Pérez became the leader, after the stopped start with two laps to go and forcing Hamilton to make an error in turn 1 that would leave him last without points, the Mexican led the race until the end, achieving his first victory with the team.
Two weeks later in France, Max got the second pole of the season, which in the race didn't last long after going off track, with a few laps to go, both Red Bulls would try to overtake both Mercedes, first it would be the Dutchman who, after a mistake by Bottas, would manage to overtake him, something that a few laps later the Mexican would also achieve, entering a podium position, just two laps from the end, Verstappen with younger tires, would pass Lewis Hamilton, which assured him the victory and the first double podium of the season. The regularity would continue at the Red Bull Ring where Max Verstappen would dominate the entire weekend, achieving his fourth victory of the season in Styria, while his partner would finish fourth, close to the podium. A story similar to Imola would be repeated in Austria, between an error and two sanctions, Pérez would end up in 6th position. On the other hand, Verstappen, in a comfortable race, would achieve his first Grand Chelem. to 44 points, while the Drivers' Championship increased their difference to 34 points.
However, after two races, the difference obtained would vanish, in Great Britain Max got pole after winning the first qualifying race in history, while his partner would start from the pit lane after retiring, the bad luck would increase the following day, after a spectacular first lap duel, Hamilton and Verstappen collided into each other at turn nine, with Verstappen's right rear tire stripped of the rim. Verstappen slid sideways through the gravel trap on the outside of the track and collided with the tire wall at at least 180 mph (289.7 km/h), putting him out of the race. After the restart of the race, Pérez would try to come back twice after his pit stop but he would have a small collision with the Alfa Romeo of Kimi Räikkönen. The Mexican would finish without points although with the fastest lap. In Hungary, both cars were badly damaged in a first-lap crash caused by Valtteri Bottas's Mercedes with Pérez out of the race, Verstappen salvaging a ninth-place finish.
Following the summer break at Spa, Verstappen took pole and won a rain-shortened race in which half points were awarded with a teammate out of the points his teammate after a crash on a lap of facility. Later in the Netherlands, the Dutchman, to the joy of his audience, took victory again, Pérez would come back after a poor classification, finishing eighth. Monza would be a setting for the team when Max ended up retiring after a crash with Hamilton after their pits stops, Sergio was originally on the podium but a penalty dropped him to the 5th position. Then in Russia the weather would be the main protagonist, Verstappen would take advantage of being second having started last with an engine change, Pérez on the contrary the rain sent him to ninth position.
Two weeks later in Turkey, Red Bull would wear livery in the colors of the Japanese flag in honor of its biker Honda. Verstappen and Pérez would share the podium achieving a 2-3 respectively, allowing the Dutchman to regain the lead in the championship. In the Americas, Red Bull achieved two 1-3 successes, first surprisingly in Austin and then in Mexico, both with Max winning and Sergio in third, something that left Red Bull within one point of the constructors' lead. After this Red Bull would add a 2-4 straight led by the Dutchman, in São Paulo and Qatar, Verstappen would repeat second place in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix where Pérez abandoned after a touch in the second start.
On December 12, 2021, the championship would be defined in Abu Dhabi maintaining options in both championships, having the Dutchman start from pole, during a very static and strategic race, in a spectacular defense Checo slowed Hamilton down so that Max moved up to 2nd, while he was running third, however a controversial safety car gave Verstappen the chance to close the gap on Hamilton and change tyres. Verstappen overtook Hamilton on the last lap of the race and won the title with 395.5 points and an eight lead. Pérez finished in 4th position in drivers with 190 points, while the team repeated the runner-up position with 585.5 points, remaining to 28 of Mercedes.
Creation of Red Bull Powertrains (2022–)
Following the announcement that Honda would leave F1 after 2021, Red Bull became interested in the possibility of acquiring permission from the Japanese manufacturer to continue using its engines in the following seasons. The team lobbied for an engine development freeze from 2022 as, according to their claims, they could not afford to take on this project if they also had to develop the engines. Following the approval of Red Bull's proposal by all F1 teams in February 2021, Red Bull announced the creation of Red Bull Powertrains to deal with the engines.
Season 2022: two-time championship for Max and constructors' title after 9 years
Following Honda's withdrawal as a working entity after 2021, an engine development freeze pressured by Red Bull allowed them to sign an agreement with Honda to use their engines until the end of 2024. To keep the engines, they formed a company called Red Bull Powertrains Limited. and took over part of Honda's Milton Keynes facility. Despite its withdrawal, Honda will develop and manufacture a power unit for the 2022 season, which will then be used until the end of 2024, and will offer support. The Honda-Red Bull deal was later extended until 2025.
Software company Oracle became the team's main sponsor during the season. After 12 victories this season they would once again win a drivers' title, with Max Verstappen crowned champion at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, thus achieving his second world title and also managing to emerge as two-time champion of the Formula 1 World Championship and together with Checo Pérez they would win the Formula 1 constructors' championship.
Season 2023:
For the 2023 season, the team decided to keep its two drivers, but announced the return of Daniel Ricciardo as the third driver. His car Red Bull RB19 was presented in New York on February 3.
Single-seaters
Formula 1
The following gallery shows the different models used by Red Bull in Formula 1.
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Results
Pilots
| Pilots | Careers | Victorias | Poles | VR | Podium | Points | Titles |
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 Max Verstappen | 145 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 81 | 1940,5 | 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Mark Webber
| 129 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 978,5 | 0 |
 Sebastian Vettel
| 113 | 38 | 44 | 24 | 65 | 1577 | 4 |
| Daniel Ricciardo
| 100 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 751 | 0 |
.svg){kind=small} David Coulthard
| 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 0 |
 Sergio Pérez | 49 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 600 | 0 |
 Christian Klien
| 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
 Alexander Albon
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 181 | 0 |
 Daniil Kvyat
| 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 0 |
.svg){kind=small} Pierre Gasly
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
 Vitantonio Liuzzi
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Doornbos
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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