Full name | Red Bull Racing |
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Base |
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
Team principal(s) |
Helmut Marko (Advisor to Red Bull GmbH) Christian Horner (Team Principal) |
Chief Technical Officer | Adrian Newey |
Founder(s) | Dietrich Mateschitz |
Website | www |
Previous name | Jaguar Racing F1 Team |
2017 Formula One season | |
Race drivers | 3. Daniel Ricciardo 33. Max Verstappen |
Test drivers |
Sébastien Buemi Pierre Gasly |
Chassis | RB13 |
Engine | TAG Heuer (Renault) |
Tyres | Pirelli |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 2005 Australian Grand Prix |
Latest entry | 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Races entered | 224 |
Constructors' Championships |
4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
Drivers' Championships |
4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
Race victories | 52 |
Pole positions | 58 |
Fastest laps | 52 |
2016 position | 2nd (468 pts) |
Private company (subsidiary of Red Bull GmbH and Red Bull Racing) | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | Milton Keynes, 2005 |
Founder | Dietrich Mateschitz, Helmut Marko and Christian Horner |
Headquarters | Milton Keynes, England |
Area served
|
Worldwide |
Key people
|
Christian Horner |
Products | Transmissions, simulators, hydraulic manifolds and KERS |
Services | High performance engineering |
Parent | Red Bull GmbH |
Website | www |
Red Bull Racing is an Austrian Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England. It is one of two F1 teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH, the other being Scuderia Toro Rosso. The team won four successive Constructors' Championship titles, in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, becoming the first Austrian licensed team to win the title. The team also produced the quadruple world champion driver of 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, Sebastian Vettel. Managed by Christian Horner, the team has used Renault engines since 2007, and had a contract to do so until 2016. Red Bull Racing then used TAG Heuer-branded Renault engines starting from the 2016 season.
The current Red Bull team can trace its origins back to the Stewart Grand Prix outfit that made its debut in 1997. Jackie Stewart sold his team to the Ford Motor Company late in 1999, and Ford made the decision to rebrand the team Jaguar Racing, with little subsequent success over the next five years.
The Jaguar Racing Formula One constructor and racing team was put up for sale in September 2004 when its owner, the Ford Motor Company, decided it could "no longer make a compelling business case for any of its brands to compete in F1". Red Bull, an energy drinks company, agreed its purchase of Jaguar Racing on the final day of the sale, 15 November 2004.BBC Sport reported that Ford asked bidders for a symbolic US$1 in return for a commitment to invest US$400 million in the team over three grand prix seasons. The team continued to have access to the Cosworth engine developed for their 2005 chassis, and the operation continued under the new title. Christian Horner was installed as the new Team boss and lined up David Coulthard and Christian Klien to drive for the team.