Meet the Teams
Red Bull Racing
Full Team Name
Oracle Red Bull Racing
Base
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Team Chief
Christian Horner
Technical Chief
Pierre Waché
Chassis
RB20
Power Unit
Honda RBPT
First team Entry
1997
World Championships
6
Highest Race Finish
1 (x115)
Pole Positions
98
Fastest Laps
96
Meet the drivers
Team Overview
Originally, the energy drink first appeared in Formula 1 as a sponsor to the Sauber team in the mid-1990s. Founded by Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz, the company progressed into team ownership when it took over the Jaguar F1 team at the end of 2004.
Under the stewardship of Christian Horner, the team recruited design genius Adrian Newey and he forged a technical team that took Red Bull Racing to world championship glory.
Red Bull enjoy a policy in investing in young talent and their driver academy is masterminded by former F1 driver, Helmut Marko. Into this programme came Sebastian Vettel and after he won at Monza for B-team Toro Rosso in 2008, he was soon drafted into the main squad. The combination of Newey and Vettel led to great success as they clinched four consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ championships together between 2010-13.
Following Vettel’s departure, a new sensation emerged into the young driver programme in the form of Max Verstappen. When he was promoted to Red Bull Racing from Toro Rosso, he duly won on his debut at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. After a titanic couple of seasons battling Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen took his first world championship in dramatic circumstances on the final lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Last season Verstappen dominated, winning 19 races in the RB19 to clinch his third consecutive title, 290 points ahead of his team-mate Sergio Pérez. Despite only scoring two wins, the Mexican was victorious at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit last season and the Red Bull Racing duo will be favourites once more heading into the new year.
A change in the engine formula to hybrid 1.6-litre V6s put Red Bull on the back foot, but a partnership with Honda in 2019 led to the formation of Red Bull Powertrains, which has taken the team back to the front of the grid. For the future, Ford will come onboard as a strategic technical partner from 2026. It’s a neat full circle for the Blue Oval, who sold their Jaguar F1 team to Red Bull 21 years ago…
An action-packed year
The 2024 season starts two weeks earlier than it did last year, and will end almost a week later. Meaning F1 will cram a record-breaking 24 races into just 38 weeks.
What’s new for 2024