03 – Red Bull Racing

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Stats

• Team Principal: Christian Horner
• Factory: Milton Keynes, UK
• Website: redbullracing.com
• Drivers: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber
• F1 Debut: Australia 2005
• Championships: 0

Full WCC Results

• 2005 – 7th
• 2006 – 7th
• 2007 – 5th
• 2008 – 7th
• 2009 – 2nd
• 2010 -

2010 Preview

From the F1 Digest 2010 Season Preview:
Red Bull was the one car that everyone was keen to see launched. Adrian Newey did everything right last year, and even managed to factor in a double diffuser that they weren’t ready for. The car was hailed as the fastest of 2009, despite missing out on the championship by only a few points here and there. Everyone wanted to see what Newey would come up with for 2010, with such a great base to work from. The team even took an extra week to put last minute improvements on the car, sacrificing the test in Valencia to turn up to Jerez. When they launched at the Spanish track… big disappointment. They didn’t seem to have moved much further forward, whilst all the other teams have managed to catch up. They had a fast car but they haven’t managed to take a particularly big step. That’s not to say they won’t still be fast, but only that we were expecting a little bit more. Newey might surprise us all yet.
The nose is high and thin, with two lips a little further back to direct the airflow around the tyres. The front wing is detailed and pushed further back, the sidepods also feature some serious work. At the back we have a shark fin cover, and this time the double diffuser is present from the very start.

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will continue their campaign to be the first to get a championship for the team, and now that Webber’s leg should be fully mended, Vettel might have a real fight on his hands. The important thing for this year, is that the team try and continue the pace they had found last year, keep getting wins and fighting for serious points. To take a step backwards now would put a huge dent in their championship campaigns. Webber and Vettel know the team inside out and how to work with each other, so they’ve got a good base to start from. It all depends what happens out on track. In the testing we’ve seen so far, the car has been fast but not supreme.