About Oracle Red Bull Racing

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Since its Formula 1 debut in 2005,

Oracle Red Bull Racing’s mission
can be encapsulated in one simple
phrase – to win and to do it
differently.
Born from Red Bull founder Dietrich

Mateschitz’s desire to disrupt the status
quo in F1 and to bring back the
swashbuckling spirit of grand prix racing’s
golden age, the Team established itself as
a maverick force that played hard off track
but worked even harder on it. And with
Christian Horner as the sport’s youngest
team principal, Red Bull Racing made an
immediate impression.
On its debut at the 2005 Australian Grand

Prix, the Team scored a double points
finish, with David Coulthard finishing fourth
and rookie Christian Klien crossing the line
in seventh place.
The Team went on to finish comfortably

mid-table in both 2005 and the following
year scored its first podium finish, with
Coulthard driving the RB2 to third place at
the Monaco Grand Prix.
For 2007, Mark Webber came onboard to

join DC and at the European Grand Prix,
the Australian scored his first podium finish
with the team. His third place at the
Nürburging helped the team to fifth place
in the Constructors’ standings. The
following year saw the Team slide to
seventh overall but 2009 brought a major
shift in the regulations and the Team’s
fortunes.
David Coulthard retired at the end of 2008

to be replaced by Sebastian Vettel. Seb’s
arrival coincided with a major reset in the
sport’s aerodynamic regulations. The new
rules gave the technical team the chance
to shine and with the RB5, they produced a
winner: Vettel took Red Bull Racing’s first
victory, leading home Webber in a 1–2
finish at the Chinese Grand Prix. The car
would win five more times in 2009,
including Webber’s debut F1 victory at the
Nürburgring. The team finished second in
the Constructors’ Championship but,
perhaps more significantly, it won the final
three races of the season.
History was made in 2010. Driving the RB6,

Webber and Vettel were title contenders
from the start. Their consistent podium
finishes secured the Constructors’
Championship at the penultimate round in
Brazil. Both drivers went to the final race in
Abu Dhabi with a shot at the Drivers’
crown. Vettel emerged triumphant,
winning the race to become the sports’
youngest ever World Champion. A record
that still stands.
The RB7 and Vettel dominated 2011. The

German driver took 11 of the team’s dozen
victories and won his second Drivers’ title
with four races to spare. The Constructors’
title was confirmed with three races
remaining.
The battle was closer in 2012 but once

again the Team won the development
battle and clinched both titles once again:
the Constructors’ title at the penultimate
race in Austin and the Drivers’ title, again
with Vettel, at a dramatic season finale in
Brazil.
The 2013 saw Vettel add another record to

his list as he went on second-half rampage,
taking a record nine consecutive victories
to secure both titles at the Indian Grand
Prix, with three races to spare.
The 2014 season saw reality bite as the

new hybrid power units heralded a
change. Saddled with a horsepower deficit
the RB10 lacked the competitive edge
enjoyed by its predecessors. Nevertheless,
the car was still good enough to provide
newcomer Daniel Ricciardo with his first,
second and third Formula One victories
and the Australian finished third in the
Drivers’ Championship while the team was
second in the Constructors’.
Sebastian Vettel departed at the end of

2014 to be replaced by Daniil Kvyat,
though 2015 was a rare winless season for
Red Bull Racing as it dropped to fourth
overall.
Things improved in 2016, however. The

team again finished second in the
Constructors’ Championship and Ricciardo
was third in the Drivers’ table again. The
name on everyone’s lips, however, was that
of Max Verstappen. The young Dutchman
was promoted from Toro Rosso to replace
Kvyat after four races of the season and he
got off to the best start possible, winning
his first race at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Ricciardo added a second victory in
Malaysia.
Still hampered by a lack of power, the

following two years were again tough,
though they were regularly punctuated by
hard-earned wins that took the Team to
consecutive third-place finishes in the
Constructors’ Championship.
Change, however, was on the way. For

2019, the Team ended an 11-year
association with Renault and partnered
with Honda for its power unit supply and
Pierre Gasly arrived in place of the
departing Ricciardo. Max took a first
Honda-powered victory at the Team’s
home event at the Red Bull Ring in Austria,
followed it with victory on a wet day in
Hockenheim for the German Grand Prix
and took a third win of the season in Brazil,
as the Team, now with Alex Albon racing
alongside Max, finished the campaign in
third place overall.
The 2020 was delayed due to the COVID-

19 pandemic and a 17-race schedule
eventually began in July. Once Max again
led the way for the Team and he finished
the season with 12 podium finishes,
including victory in the 70th Anniversary
Grand Prix at Silverstone and at the season
finale in Abu Dhabi.
The latter provided a boost going into an

unusual off-season in which wholesale
changes to the car were prohibited. There
was, however, a shift in the driver line-up
with Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez coming in and
Alex Albon stepping back to become our
Test and Reserve Driver.
The RB16B proved competitive from the

start. In what became a hard-fought
campaign, Max took his first victory of the
season at Imola. Nine more followed to
take the season to a nail-biting finale at the
season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
where in dramatic circumstances Max took
a last-lap victory to seal the Drivers’
Championship. Checo, meanwhile, took a
first victory for Team, at a hectic Azerbaijan
Grand Prix, helping the team to second in
the Constructors’ Championship.
Red Bull Racing’s first title since 2013

closed the book on a core set of rules
dating back to the start of the hybrid era
and in 2022 the sport introduced the
largest change to the technical regulations
seen in four decades. A new era of ground
effect cars began and the Oracle Red Bull
Racing RB18 led the way.
Max took victory at Round 2 in Saudi

Arabia and after that the Team couldn’t
stop winning, with a staggering 16 more
wins followed over the course of the next
20 races. Checo picked up a brace of
stirring street race wins, in Monaco and
Singapore, but the championship
belonged to Max. On his way to his second
Drivers’ title the Dutchman set a new
record for wins in a single season with 15
and racked up the largest points total ever
recorded for a season with 454. In all, Max
and Checo stood on the podium 28 times
during 2022 and the 759 points they took
earned the Team its fifth Constructors’
title.
The RB18 has given the Team a winning

platform for the next phase of Formula 1
competition and with its successor already
providing even more victories, the future
looks bright.
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Since its Formula 1 debut in 2005,

Born from Red Bull founder Dietrich

On its debut at the 2005 Australian Grand

The Team went on to finish comfortably

For 2007, Mark Webber came onboard to

David Coulthard retired at the end of 2008

History was made in 2010. Driving the RB6,

The RB7 and Vettel dominated 2011. The

The battle was closer in 2012 but once

The 2013 saw Vettel add another record to

The 2014 season saw reality bite as the

Sebastian Vettel departed at the end of

Things improved in 2016, however. The

Still hampered by a lack of power, the

Change, however, was on the way. For

The 2020 was delayed due to the COVID-

The latter provided a boost going into an

The RB16B proved competitive from the

Red Bull Racing’s first title since 2013

Max took victory at Round 2 in Saudi

The RB18 has given the Team a winning

Oracle Red Bull Racing x Pepe

Adrian Newey OBE

Want to see more Oracle

Red Bull Shop

Website Terms of Use

Gender Pay Report

Modern Slavery Statement

Diversity & Inclusion

Safety, Health and Environment Policy

The Paddock Terms And Conditions

© 2024 Red Bull Racing Ltd

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