Current Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing

FIA Entry: Red Bull Racing Renault
Car 1: Sebastien Vettel
Car 2: Mark Webber
Engine: Renault V8
Team Owner: Dietrich Mateschitz
Team Principal: Christian Horner
Chief Technical: Office Adrian Newey
Chief Designer: Rob Marshall
Race Engineer Car 1: Guillaume “Rocky” Rocquelin
Race Engineer Car 2: Ciaron Pilbeam

Stats as of end 2010

First Entered 2005
Races Entered 107
Race Wins 15
Pole Positions 20
Fastest Laps 12
Driver World Championships 1
Constructor World Championships 1

Team History

Before Red Bull

In 1997 Paul Stewart, aided by his father Jackie and the Ford Motor Company, made the leap from F3000 to F1 as an entrant. Jonny Herbert won 1 race for the Stewart team before it was sold off to Ford who re-branded the cars as Jaguar.

Ford stuck with it through thick and thin (mainly thin) through to the end of 2004 before selling the team to Dietrich Mateschitz, who owns the Red Bull drinks brand, for $1 on the understanding he invested $400 million over 3 years

Red Bull Racing

With Christian Horner installed as team principal, McLaren refugee David Coulthard and Christian Klien as the drivers Red Bull went racing. Their first season was certainly more successful than Jaguar had managed, even with the same Cosworth power plant, with Coulthard managing a 4th place at the European Grand Prix and the team finishing 7th in the Constructors Championship.

Adrian Newey joined from McLaren as chief designer for 2006 and Red Bull swapped to Ferrari engines. Coulthard managed a podium at his "home" race in Monaco prompting Christian Horner to jump naked, other than wearing a red cape, into a swimming pool.

Christian Klien, who shared the car with Vitantonio Liuzzi in 2005 and Robert Doornbos in 2006, departed the team for 2007 and was replaced by Mark Webber. The RB3 was the first full "Newey" car and was coupled with a Renault motor. The car was very unreliable, suffering from a variety of different problems but Webber managed a podium at the European Grand Prix and the team finished 5th in the WCC.

Retaining the same engine and drivers for 2008 Red Bull slipped back to 7th in the WCC and again only managed a single podium, for Coulthard in Canada, but the reliability issues which plagued the car the previous season were mainly resolved.

2009 was Red Bull's break through year. With Coulthard having retired Webber was joined by Red Bull junior driver Sebastien Vettel. The new rules allowed Newey to design a car which challenged for both the Drivers and Constructors Championship. Webber won 2 races, Vettel 4 and the team climbed to 2nd in WCC taking 3 pole positions en-route.

In 2010 Red Bull justified Mateschitz's investment winning the Constructors title and Vettel the Drivers Championship. They won 9 races through the season, 5 for Vettel and 4 for Webber and took 10 poles. Webber led the title race for much of the season but it was the 23 year old Vettel who stole the title in the last race of the season and became the youngest Champion as a result.

2011 sees the team retain the same driver line up as 2010 and continue with Renault engine power in the new RB7 car.

 

[Greenlantern101]

The appeal is tomorrow.

Win for Redbull = throwing away all Technical Directives / the destruction of F1 and worst of all Christian Horner gloating.
Loss for Redbull = The preservation of F1 and Redbull being confirmed cheats.

I'm hoping they loose....that may of been obvious.

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/1...dos-australian-grand-prix-f1-disqualification

 

[siffert_fan]

I hope that, if you are ever summoned for jury duty, you ask to be excused. The reason you should give: your obvious devout belief in trial by media.

 

[Quintessentially]

I see RB are persisting with the PR own goals and continue to make loud noises like they have done since the disqualification when they should be keeping their mouth shut and building their case behind closed doors. Maybe they think the louder they shout the better chance they have of getting back the points but they are looking increasingly desperate to be honest.

 

[Hamberg]

I hope that, if you are ever summoned for jury duty, you ask to be excused. The reason you should give: your obvious devout belief in trial by media.

That's unfair and quite rude.

 

[Greenlantern101]

It was wasn't it.

Actually I had to fill in a jury duty form a few months ago saying I may be selected in the next 12 months. I'm looking forward to it.

 

[sushifiesta]

Reinstate Ricciardo with a stop/go penalty added on to his time or leave him disqualified. Getting away with no penalty would make a complete farce out of the fuel flow regulations and be a huge slap in the face to the other teams who listened to the FIA and ran slower in Australia to compensate for the fuel sensors

 

[siffert_fan]

Hamberg

You don't think that pronouncing someone a cheat before any evidence is shown at the appeal is rude?

You have no way of knowing what facts may be presented in the appeal, so stating, as if a fact, that someone is guilty and is a cheat and that coming to any other conclusion would destroy F1 isn't buying into everything alleged by the media, what is it? It sure sounds likes bias and trial by media to me.

 

[Hamberg]

But what is being presented plus the published rules is what we have to make a decision on at this point in time. It's a little different than trial by media and certainly a far cry to rendering yourself unfit to be a juror. That's what's unfair.

 

[Mephistopheles]

This isn't a trial by media as RedBull have already been found guilty they are just lodging an appeal.

 

[Hamberg]

Good point Mephistopheles

 

[RasputinLives]

Hamberg

You don't think that pronouncing someone a cheat before any evidence is shown at the appeal is rude?

You have no way of knowing what facts may be presented in the appeal, so stating, as if a fact, that someone is guilty and is a cheat and that coming to any other conclusion would destroy F1 isn't buying into everything alleged by the media, what is it? It sure sounds likes bias and trial by media to me.

This an APPEAL. They've already been found guilty. The point of an appeal is for them to prove it isn't true.

Therefore Greenlantern101 is just stating the facts as we know them.

Don't worry though you're not the only one who has confused this with a trial. Christian Horner is also under that illusion as well as seemingly being confused about what they were found guilty of.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Some people are a wee bit touchy about this aren't they.

 

[teabagyokel]

RasputinLives - Horner has trouble in legal circles because he starts answers in the witness stand with "Guilty, Innocent, erm..."

 

[Greenlantern101]

Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god.

Yeah No

 

[RasputinLives]

"Mr Horner did you use the FIA sensor?

"Ermmm yeah no"

"Are you saying you didn't use the sensor?"

"Ermmm no yeah"

 

[teabagyokel]

"OK, we can't get any sense out of this guy. Call Seb Vettel."

"Seb, did your team use the FIA sensor?"

"Yes, yes and yes again. Thank you boys!"

"Was it faulty?"

"We're not where we want to be yet. We will get there."

 

[Hamberg]

You lot are brill

 

[Mephistopheles]

Dietrich Mateschitz do you believe the team was right to ignore the technical directive?

If you say they were wrong we will leave the sport on the grounds that you don't let us have our own way which I see as unsportsmanlike behavior on your part..

 

[teabagyokel]

 

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

I need you lot to let me know if the sky falls in if RBR wins the appeal ... I am down here in Texas and will have about six hours on the UK to find Isenhowers underground bunker and wait it out ....