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.

 

[Il_leone]

Did someone send the survey to the Empire I mean Red Bull addressed to Christian Horner or Helmut Marko so they can finally see some truth in what people think of them . Absolute so go and take your wings and clear off because I don't think the fans care if they were clipped

I think you will find if the poll was about Lewis Hamilton quiting - a lot of fans would not watch it because they would not support another driver

 

[Bill Boddy]

Was there any drop in the number of viewers after Ayrton Senna died?

 

[Dash Racing]

Was there any drop in the number of viewers after Ayrton Senna died?

I don't know, but that would be some interesting data to dig up. I'd expect an immediate boost in viewing from the curious public who got their first introduction to F1 after hearing about Senna in the news. I'd anticipate viewership then tapering off to the same level of viewership as before his death.

 

[Bill Boddy]

I wish that you hadn't written that Dash Racing. Suppose you know who sees that, it could result in the demise of Hamilton for a quick monetary boost.

 

[Il_leone]

Bill Boddy Probably but it was partly down to Schumacher dominating the season (probably through illegal means) and there was a void left in F1 in that there were no world champions competing then . Supposedly Bernie was desperate then to get Mansell back.

Now if Red Bull goes no one cares because I think people want to see Vettel vs Hamilton and I think its a case of Red Bull who?and more like Red Bull

 

[Il_leone]

F1: Red Bull should take what it can get, say rivals - F1i.com

Good to hear some independent teams telling Red Bull how to behave in a professional manner instead of blaming everyone else. A few pointers to Christian Horner especially about taking it on the chin

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On another note Renault will bring an upgraded engine to this week's race at Austin. Be interesting to see Red Bull's response because previous ones have been rubbished quickly or met with pessimism

 

[Il_leone]

Bernie: Red Bull could face legal action - PlanetF1 Bernie's timely reminder then to Dietrich

 

[P1]

Well Thursday - press conference day - is almost over and not a word out of Red Bull. Maybe they are taking the feedback?

Although it is interesting that none of the drivers seems interested in trying out the new Renault engine which Renault just spent 12 tokens on. They must feel the existing one is good enough!

 

[Il_leone]

A political message to say to Renault " Too little too late" but also a slap in the face by Red Bull. Hardly a show of confidence and rebuilding damaged relationship with Renault to carry on for 2016

 

[RasputinLives]

They'd all have to take engine penalties to try it out so as they've all said in interviews previously they don't see the point.

 

[Il_leone]

RasputinLives So its telling Renault " Thanks but no thanks" because there is only 3 more races to use the engines.

Its not going to help their cause saying they could continue with Renault and they don't want to test the engines and give feedback

Its demotivating for the Renault people that there has not been any attempt to build bridges

 

[RasputinLives]

No the drivers (and it is the drivers saying it by the way) are saying they don't want to take 50 places worth of gird penalties and want to fight for points. Rather than start at the back with an engine that might not make it to the finish anyway.

All 4 drivers have been saying since the British Grand Prix that the USA Grand Prix would be too late and they wouldn't use it.

 

[Il_leone]

What is the chance they will end up where they were going to finish anyway?

Red Bull are faster than Sauber, Mclaren and Manor. Then they've got Force India, Williams and Lotus who they were always going to race against so that leaves Mercedes and Ferrari who both have been faster than them anyway.

Might it be that its the US where Red Bull has a big presence as a brand

 

[RasputinLives]

Red Bull have been in the top 6 for about the last 4 or 5 races. They wouldn't be if they started at the back. I think you're looking for conspiracies that aren't there.

 

[Il_leone]

Well if I was Renault I'd be insulted given what has happened over the past 6 months

 

[Il_leone]

Red Bull and Honda?
Andrew Benson

Chief F1 writer in Austin

Posted at16:10
“The latest development in the increasingly ridiculous saga over Red Bull’s future engine supply is that the former champions have now approached Honda about next year.

"It’s somewhat ironic that a team who claimed they would pull out of F1 if they did not get a competitive engine is now going cap in hand to troubled Honda. But leaving that aside for now, the reality is that McLaren have a contractual veto over any decision of Honda to supply a second team and it is highly unlikely they would want Red Bull to have one.

"Insiders say the most likely resolution for 2016 is that Red Bull use an unbranded Renault engine. Beyond that, sources say Red Bull is recruiting a lot of engine engineers with a view to building at least part of their own engine in the future. Some believe they are planning to buy an internal combustion engine from Renault - or Cosworth - and put their own hybrid system around it.”
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Sorry but Red Bull asking for a competitive engine and looks like this has made the rounds

 

[Il_leone]

Just when you thought you had heard it all about the Red Bull engine saga, reports in the German media have claimed that the team could be supplied with Honda units in 2016.

According to Auto Motor und Sport, Red Bull could run with Honda engines next year while junior outfit Toro Rosso would take on a year-old supply of Ferrari V6s.

The publication claims that the biggest obstacle to any such deal is Ron Dennis, but the McLaren boss could be persuaded if Honda only supply Red Bull for a single season.

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This is certainly no Red Bull but trust Ron to be the obstacle. Would make sense with both based in Milton Keynes and Red Bull could actually help Mclaren make the HOnda engine a lot faster and better than a single team approach

It probably will keep assure Alonso as well that he expects Mclaren to be winning next season so getting some feedback from Red Bull about the Honda engine will help. How can Ron Dennis not see this?

 

[Il_leone]

I should add RasputinLives about Red Bull not taking the engine penalties might be swayed as well that Ferrari's have taken engine penalties so that means two faster cars starting behind them and possibly will be slowed by having to fight past Williams and Force Indias in between

 

[P1]

Autosport said that Red Bull and Toro Rosso will both introduce the new Renault Engine for Brazil. The logic being that the US is more aero and less power intensive than Brazil and Abu Dhabi, while in Mexico the altitude negates the benefits of a better engine.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Christian Horner joked on Sky a bit earlier 'there's a 25% chance RBR will use Honda engines next year'.