Red Bull Racing is currently one of the top teams in Formula One. The team competes under the name Oracle Red Bull Racing.
Formed in 2005, the Red Bull Racing team has been managed by Christian Horner from the beginning.
About Red Bull Racing
Christian Horner has been the team principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing since its formation in 2004. The Red Bull Racing team won its first podium in its second season of driving in Formula 1, thanks to experienced driver David Coulthard. This podium proved that Red Bull Racing was in Formula 1 to compete and that it wouldn’t be a bottom-tiered team. Until 2009, Red Bull was a middle-tiered team until Sebastian Vettel replaced retired David Coulthard.
2009 saw Vettel bring home Red Bull Racing’s first-ever win and 1-2 in Formula One at the Chinese Grand Prix in the RB5. Red Bull Racing went on to win five more times that same year, with Vettel winning the British Grand Prix, Japanese Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Webber placing first in the German Grand Prix and Brazilian Grand Prix. The team finished second in the Constructors Championship, the highest Red Bull Racing ever completed in the championship since joining in 2005. The best season to date set the team up for the 2010 season.
With many podium finishes, 2010 saw a consistent season for both Vettel and Webber in the RB6. Sebastian Vettel made Red Bull and Formula One history that year when he won the World Championship. A record that still hasn’t been broken. The German driver became the youngest driver ever to win the World Championship. It was also Red Bull’s first Constructors Championship title. Vettel took home the World Championship again in the RB7 the following year. Vettel had such a successful season that he was announced as World Champion with three races left.
Sebastian’s third consecutive World Championship didn’t come as easy as his 2010 win. However, Red Bull had two wins by their respective drivers in the first half of the season. It wasn’t until the second half of the 2011 season that Red Bull began to dominate the track in the RB8, leading them to win the Constructors Championship for the third year in a row.
2012 saw Sebastian win his fourth consecutive World Championship. The 2012 season saw Vettel win nine straight races in the second half, securing the title of the World Championship and the Constructors Championship once again. The 2013 season saw the end of the Red Bull’s winning streak. After Mark Webber announced his retirement, Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo was hired as his replacement. Although Red Bull didn’t win the title, they did finish a respectable second in the Constructors’ and Ricciardo got his first three Formula One victories in the RB10.
At the end of 2014, Vettel was replaced by Daniil Hvyat for the 2015 season. The 2015 season wasn’t how Red Bull had hoped with Ricciardo and Hvyat’s performance. The drivers failed to win any races that season and were only placed on the podium twice. The season ended with the team dropping to fourth place in the standings. Red Bull now found itself at its lowest placing since 2008.
2016 saw Red Bull improve on their previous season. Red Bull returned to second in the Constructors, and Ricciardo placed third in the Driver’s Championship. 2016 also saw the debut of Max Verstappen in Red Bull Racing after he replaced Kvyat during the season. Max Verstappen won his first race at the Spanish Grand Prix, making him the youngest driver ever to win an F1 race.
Red Bull’s drivers, Ricciardo and Verstappen, would finish third in the Constructors for the next two seasons. There were struggles with the RB13 and RB14 in both seasons, but the drivers managed to take some victories and place on podiums throughout the season. Notable races were Ricciardo’s win in Monaco in 2018 and Vertsappen’s win in the Austrian Grand Prix.
In 2019, Red Bull announced they would end their partnership with Renault and move to Honda instead as they were unhappy with the engines. That Summer, Ricciardo also announced that he would leave Red Bull and move to Renault. Pierre Gasly was chosen as Ricciardo’s replacement. Alexander Albon replaced Pierre Gasly halfway through the season due to Gasly’s struggles with the Red Bull car. Alex won Rookie of the year that season.
In 2019, Red Bull also broke the record for the fastest pit stop in F1 at the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen pitted during the race for an incredible 1.82 seconds, a record that still holds today.
The 2020 season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was shortened to 17 races, which began in July. Verstappen performed very well, placing in the top three in 12 out of the 17 races. After a strange season in 2020, drivers were all set for the 2021 season. One new addition was made to the Red Bull team: Sergio Pérez replaced Alex Albon, who became Red Bull’s Test and Reserve driver.
2021 was an incredible season for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez driving the RB16B. The final race in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was done dramatically and was very controversial, with Verstappen racing Hamilton in the last lap to grab the Driver’s Championship. This was Red Bull’s first win since Vettel in 2013. They also came second in the Constructors Championship.
Red Bull Racing F1 Drivers
2023 Red Bull F1 Driver
Max Verstappen & Sergio Pérez
2022 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen & Sergio Pérez
2021 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen & Sergio Pérez
2020 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen & Alex Albon
2019 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen, Alex Albon & Pierre Gasly
2018 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen & Daniel Ricciardo
2017 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen & Daniel Ricciardo
2016 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo & Daniil Kvyat
2015 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Daniel Ricciardo & Daniil Kvyat
2014 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Daniel Ricciardo & Sebastian Vettel
2013 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber
2012 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber
2011 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber
2010 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber
2009 Red Bull F1 Drivers
Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber
2008 Red Bull F1 Drivers
David Coulthard & Mark Webber
2007 Red Bull F1 Drivers
David Coulthard & Mark Webber
2006 Red Bull F1 Drivers
David Coulthard , Christian Klien & Robert Doornbos
2005 Red Bull Racing F1 Drivers
David Coulthard, Christian Klien & Vitantonio Liuzzi
Red Bull 2022 F1 Car
In 2022, Red Bull introduced the RB18. Due to new regulations, the RB18 was quite different from previous Red Bull cars. The RB18 has had a tremendous season so far, with Red Bull winning 11 out of the first 15 races of the season. With seven races left, Red Bull is at the top in drivers’ and team standings, with 511 points, over 130 points ahead of the second-highest team, Ferrari, which has 376 points.
Red Bull F1 Engines
Red Bull bought the Jaguar Racing Formula One team in 2004 and renamed the team Red Bull Racing. When Red Bull took over from Jaguar, it decided to keep the engines that its predecessor had used before it. The engines used were Cosworth engines. Although Red Bull Racing had a very successful year, gaining more points in the 2005 season than Jaguar Racing did during their last two seasons, Red Bull decided to change their engines for the 2005 season. For the 2006 season, the Red Bull Formula One team chose to go with an engine manufactured by Ferrari. However, this partnership only lasted one season and was renewed for the 2007 F1 season.
In 2007, Red Bull Racing decided to switch to Renault engines. The Renault engine was a tremendous success. Renault-manufactured engines were used in the Red Bull cars for nearly 10 years, from 2007 until 2016. Red Bull won its first race in 2009, and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers World Championship title for four consecutive years with the help of Renault engines.
From 2015 on, Red Bull became unhappy and unsatisfied with the Renault engine’s performance, and the relationship between the two teams started to sour. Although the team performed better in 2016, the 2017 and 2018 seasons were not as Red Bull had hoped, with many DNFs due to issues with Renault engines. The 2018 season was the last straw for Red Bull, and they decided to pull their partnership with Renault engines in the following season.
In 2019, Red Bull decided to partner with Honda engines. The Honda engines seemed to perform well at the beginning of the 2019 season, with Red Bull winning a few races. However, the Honda engines were still no match for Mercedes, which held the Drivers World Championship and Constructors Championship title for the next two seasons. At the end of 2020, Honda announced it would withdraw from Formula One for the 2021 season.
Red Bull Racing Media
Podcast: Talking Bull
The Talking Bull podcast gives listeners exclusive access to the Red Bull Formula 1 team and features interviews with its drivers.
Youtube: Behind the Charge
Behind the Charge is Oracle Red Bull Racing’s YouTube behind-the-scenes series, which features never-before-seen footage from all aspects of the team.
Red Bull Racing Achievements
The Red Bull Formula One team has had many achievements throughout the years, and with how the 2022 season is going, it seems that they will have even more to add to this list.
2006
Red Bull Racing’s best result to date was David Coulthard’s third-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix, its first podium in Formula One.
2009
Red Bull Racing won its first-ever Formula 1 race and took its first-ever pole position. Sebastian Vettel won his first-ever race at the Chinese Grand Prix that year, securing Red Bull’s first win. The team did incredibly well, also winning its first-ever 1-2.
2010-2013
From 2010 to 2013, Oracles Red Bull Racing saw their most incredible string of success in Formula 1. Not only did Red Bull win their first-ever Drivers’ Championship and Constructors Championship in 2010, but it led to four years of wins for the team. Sebastian Vettel won four consecutive Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles for the team during this time. Red Bull Racing also won the Constructors’ Championship title during these glory years. Winning the Constructors was a massive achievement for Red Bull after only 5 years of competing in Formula One. Vettel also went down in history as the youngest F1 World Champion, a title he still holds today.
2016
2016 Max Verstappen debuted on the Oracle Red Bull Racing team. Racing his first-ever race for Oracle Red Bull at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the Spanish Grand Prix, Verstappen claimed victory against Ferrari drivers Räikkönen and Vettel. This win named Max Verstappen the youngest-ever Grand Prix winner at 18. He also became the first Dutch driver to win a Grand Prix. Max Verstappen also holds the title of the youngest F1 driver, as he started racing with Toro Rosso when he was only 17. He will have this title forever as drivers must now be 18 years old to obtain a Super Licence.
2021
Max Verstappen got Red Bull Racing’s long-awaited fifth Driver’s Championship Title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The pressure was on going into the final race of the 2021 season as both Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton were on equal points at 369.5; this meant the winner of the race would be crowned the Drivers Champion. Hamilton led most of the race. However, a controversial safety car restart determined the race’s fate, which left Hamilton and Verstappen racing against each other in the race’s final lap. Verstappen dramatically overtook Hamilton and crossed the finishing line in first place.
Although there was much controversy over how the race was handled, Verstappen’s title was not taken away from him. In the Constructors Championship, Red Bull failed to beat Mercedes, who won their record-breaking eighth title. The emotion and nail-biting tension in the garage and the sheer delight in the video below just show how much winning the World Drivers Championship title means to teams.
2022
Max Verstappen became a two-time world champion in 2022 when he won the Japanese Grand Prix with four more races in the F1 season. Not only did Red Bull Racing get the Drivers Championship, but the impressive driving from Verstappen and Perez all season long secured Red Bull’s fifth Constructors Championship. They beat Ferraris by over 200 points to become Constructor Champions of 2023, nearly 10 years since they last won the prestigious title.
Max dominated the 2022 season with a total of 15 Grand Prix wins. Sergio Perez also had a very successful year with two Grand Prix wins. That means Red Bull Racing won 17 out of 22 races in 2022, with Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell winning 3, 1 and 1, respectively. What an F1 season was for Red Bull Racing in 2022; what will 2023 bring?