+1 Red Bull Racing celebrates 20 years in F1 at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Red Bull Racing celebrates 20 years in F1 at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Red Bull Racing celebrates 20 years in F1 at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Red Bull Racing celebrates 20 years in F1 at Goodwood Festival of Speed
This week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (11 – 14 July) is set to become a Red Bull party. Red Bull Racing celebrates its twentieth year in F1 as a constructor. Max Verstappen will make his debut on the hill.
The statistics speak for themselves. In the 20 years since the team’s debut in Formula 1 as a constructor, Red Bull Racing scored seven drivers’ world championships and six constructors’ crowns. Seen over their first 20 years in the sport, that puts ‘RBR’ ahead of Ferrari and on par with McLaren, regarding constructors’ titles.
Max
Oracle Red Bull Racing, as is the team’s official name, has quite the party planned for its two decades in F1. Seven cars are planned to go up the hill during the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, with the biggest name of course being current world champion Max Verstappen.
Horner behind the wheel
Christian Klien will drive the RB1, Mark Webber the RB6, Daniel Ricciardo is scheduled to appear in an RB7, David Coulthard will go out in an RB9, Max Verstappen drives an RB16B – with which he took his first title in 2021 – and Sergio Perez has an RB19 at his disposal. Team boss Christian Horner will drive an RB8. Lest we forget, Horner went some way in single seaters himself, before deciding he wasn’t going to cut it in the big league and considered he had other talents to make it to the top of the sport.
Sebastian Vettel is the only famous name missing from the list, as he and Verstappen are the only ones that scored world championship titles for Red Bull. For the Festival of Speed, this is the first time the current reigning world champion will drive up the hill. Red Bull will also show its own supercar for the first time to the world; the RB17 Hypercar Adrian Newey designed.
King Richard
Five other F1 teams – Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes, Alpine and McLaren – will show their older cars on the hill as well. Other drivers confirmed are Fernando Alonso, Yuki Tsunoda, Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant. Richard Petty – the King – will get a special celebration of his own, with a balcony moment in Goodwood House. In 2024, the Petty name has been associated to NASCAR for 75 years. And finally, the central piece at Goodwood honours the centenary of MG.
Tickets are still available here.
