Red Bull Racing
United Kingdom
·
F1 Team
Year of foundation | 2004 |
|---|---|
Based in | United Kingdom |
Team lead | Christian Horner |
Disciplines | Formula 1 |
Oracle Red Bull Racing have been bringing their undeniable passion for racing, technical innovation and winning to the F1 grid ever since coming into existence in 2004.
Based at their factory in Milton Keynes are some of the brightest minds in motorsport pushing the limits of engineering, design, data analytics, race strategy and much, much more.
Led by Team Principal Christian Horner, the team have disrupted the status quo in F1 by clinching six Drivers and five Constructors championships – all while having bundles of fun along the way.
“We’re sort of nonconformist – the mavericks of the paddock,” Horner says. “We play our music loud, people look like they're actually enjoying themselves. That's so important and embodies the team spirit we have.
“Our biggest asset, it's not the buildings or the machines; it's the people and the brainpower and the way they work together. People feed off each other.”
A first race victory came in 2009 with Sebastian Vettel guiding the RB5 to the chequered flag in China. It was a sign of things to come with the German going on to make history the following year when he became the youngest every World Champion. A record that still stands.
Alongside Mark Webber, Vettel and the team would win four consecutive Driver and Constructor titles between 2010 and 2013, becoming one of the most recognisable teams in world sport.
Daniel Ricciardo picked up multiple wins in 2014 before an 18-year-old Max Verstappen burst onto the scene in spectacular style two years later by claiming the Spanish Grand Prix in his debut race for the team. Nobody has ever won a race younger before or since.
With the help of team-mate Sergio Pérez, the young Dutchman fulfilled his destiny in 2021 when 10 race wins, the last of which came in dramatic circumstances at the season-finale in Abu Dhabi, propelled him to a memorable maiden title.
In 2022 the team partnered with US technology giants Oracle and with the RB18 fuelled by the Red Bull Powertrain, they celebrated a new era of dominance as Verstappen stormed to his second, third and fourth championship wins in consecutive seasons, with the team finishing as Constructors' Champions in 2022 and 2023.