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.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

It's like a broken record Red bull threatening to quit F1. I'm sure they will be saying the same thing after Monaco,Canada, Austria etc etc etc. not only did they come across as bad winners they are now without a doubt poor losers. If everyone on the grid had there attitude then all we would be left with on the grid would be Mercedes.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I seem to remember someone calling my opinion stupid when I said they could quit at any time..

 

[teabagyokel]

And they still get the impression anyone gives a shite.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I couldn't give a shite but if they go then so will Toro Rosso and that will be four less cars on the grid taking us into the realm of either having no F1 at all or the other teams being forced to run three cars and since some of them are struggling to afford running two cars the shit will hit the fan big time..

 

[Il_leone]

the only people who lose out by Red Bull's decisions are the hard working engineers in Milton Keynes and the drivers who are trying to carve a career for themselves

I am just waiting for Renault to say enough is enough - we are striking as the French always do

 

[Mephistopheles]

As I explained above if they go the entire grid will lose out unless someone buys them out and they carry on under a different name but I very much doubt that both teams will be able to find a buyer but Haas are joining the grid next year so that will alleviate the problem somewhat..

 

[Il_leone]

Toro Rosso are keeping things quiet and working will with Renault so maybe bought out by Renault anyway

Besides the team would benefit from free engines in doing so

 

[Mephistopheles]

Toro Rosso are owned by Red Bull if one team goes they both go, Toro Rosso will have no say on the matter.

 

[Il_leone]

If Red Bull quit it means all the F1 operation is for sale

So Audi or Renault can decide who they want to buy. If Renault were to offer Red Bull to buy Toro Rosso ... why would Red Bull say no if they want cash and quick exit

 

[siffert_fan]

Just because they leave F1 doesn't necessarily mean they are leaving racing. They could join WEC or TUSC instead, so their facilities wouldn't be for sale.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I reckon Red Bull couldn't give a monkey's about a quick sale or the cash they will simply walk away and write the loss off as a tax deduction, that is how rich the company is...

 

[FB]

Maybe Audi would like to buy Red Bull racing...

 

[Bill Boddy]

Maybe RBR would like to buy VW.

 

[FB]

I now have a vision of Dietrich Mateschitz rifling round down the back of his sofa looking for some change to buy a car company

 

[Mephistopheles]

Even if Audi did come in and supply engines for RBR they would only find themselves in the same predicament as McLaren do this year after all they ain't gonna copy the Renault engine are they and it would be impossible to produce a power unit for next year it would have to be the year after that and it looks like the engine regs are gonna change for 2017 anyway, if F1 is still limping around the globe by then that is...

 

[cider_and_toast]

Maybe not, Audi may actually spend some time testing the engine and ironing out the bugs. They may even work closely with Red Bull to ensure that the chassis design helps the engine design and the engine design supports the chassis design. You know, the sort of close working relationship that may iron out huge issues before the start of the season.

 

[Il_leone]

And now Horner is saying Renault may quit if the regulations don't change

Next we will have Daniel Ricciardo threatening to quit F1 because he can't laugh anymore

Is Christian Horner a parrot ?

 

[RasputinLives]

All Red Bull drivers end up in Formula E now days so Danny Ric could go there.

That would be fun to watch actually.

 

[Il_leone]

Fun but shame because Daniel is one of the nice guys of F1 and shows just how cruel F1 can be

 

[Titch]

Well if Red Bull continue to slide down the field, they will be alongside McLaren soon. Then we'll see some racing. For last position.