December 10th, 2009
Red Bull have managed to retain the services of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel for the 2010 Formula One season. The drivers helped guide the Red Bull team to their best ever performance in F1, placing 2nd in the World Constructors Championship behind newcomers Braun. 2010 will be Mark Webber’s 4th season with the team.
The car for the 2010 season is expected to once again be backed by an engine from Renault.
“We’ve enjoyed a great relationship with Renault over the last three years – they treat us with excellent parity and have been an important part of our success this year. We will have to consider very, very carefully if we are to change engine-supplier for next year. We are reaching a position in our own minds, and we will firm that up I would think very soon.”
The Red Bull team are being tipped by many for even greater success next season. Sebastian Vettel is currently as short as 6/1 in the online betting markets at Bwin to lift the F1 championship trophy. It is McClaren who head all the markets, however, with the British partnership of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton making up their team.
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September 22nd, 2009
One of the most popular Red Bull Racing Drivers, in Formula one racing Mark Webber was born August 27 1976 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. With an avid interest in racing from his childhood, this has translated into a dream job for those fans of Formula One and other types of racing. Many people envy the driver, as he is driving not only in Formula one race, but he is also one of the most known drivers throughout the Red Bull Racing Team.
As the first Australian driver to race f1 since David Brabham, Mark Webber has being driving in the F1 since 2002 driving for Minradi. In 2007 he joined the Red Bull Racing team after not being given a contract from Williams Racing. In 2009 Mark won his first race for Red Bull Racing in the German Grand Prix. Mark became the first Australian to accomplish that since Alan Jones did in 1981.
With Vettel placing second in Germany Red Bull finished second for the first time in history. Since the German Grand Prix Webber has placed second at the British, Turkish and Chinese Grand Prix, although this may not seem like a milestone, finishing second is indeed an accomplishment. On 23 July, Webber signed a new contract committing him to the Red Bull team for the 2010 Formula One season 2010.Three days later he finished third in the Hungarian Grand Prix, moving into second place in the drivers’ championship.
Another milestone occurred through the Hungarian grand prix that would increase the popularity of the already well-known driver; Webber also set his first ever fastest lap in Formula One. This remarkable milestone was a first for the driver and is one of the most notable points in his career and is therefore a milestone throughout the Red Bull racing team’s history, as well.
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September 3rd, 2009
Sebastian Vettel was born on July 3, 1987 and is one of the most is a German Formula one drivers, as well as one of the youngest. Driving for Red Bull Racing he joined in 2009 after driver David Coulthard retired.
In 2006 Vettel became the youngest Formula one driver at a Grand Prix. He also became the quickest driver to get a fine in F1, being fined $1000 nine seconds into his career, after speeding in to the pit lane. This was a first for a driver, as the fine occurred so early into his career that it had become sort of a joke among the fans. Most people have come to the conclusion that he had just been a little overzealous to get on to the track.
In the 2009 season Sebastian Vettel started strong in the first race of the season in Australia. He gained third place in qualifying and ran second most of the race but on the second final lap made contact with Robert Kubica while battling for second place. Both cars had to retire but Vettel tried to finish behind the safety car but was given a ten place penalty for the next race.
However in China he went on to take pole position, the first for the Red Bull Racing team. As a first for the Red Bull racing team, this has also become a milestone through the history of teh team and has increased Vettel’s popularity with the fans that follow Formula one racing. He went on to win the race ahead of team-mate Mark Webber, again a first for his team, which scored its first victory and one-two finish in the same race. On 21 August 2009 it was announced Red Bull and Vettel have extended his contract until the end of the 2011 season.
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August 26th, 2009
The Red Bull racing team has been developed after the Jaguar F1 team decided that they could not build a case to keep racing. On the last day for the sale Red Bull agreed its purchase of Jaguar Racing. The team was purchased for nothing more than a symbolic dollar, and was purchased with the intention to invest more than four hundred million dollars into the team and into the Grand Prix over the upcoming three seasons.
With the purchase of the new team there was a partnership that would also come to an end. Ford would be forced to end the partnership with Sauber. In 2004, with the purchase of the team, would come one of the most popular racing franchises that could be seen throughout the Formula one racing community.
Through the acquisition of the team, and the popular sponsorship of Red Bull, the team has just increased in popularity throughout this time. The other team that is owned by Red Bull is the Red Bull Racing Junior team, which has an array of promising young drivers hoping to make it to the Formula One track someday. As well as drivers in the Red Bull, as well as the Junior team, there are also an array of drivers that can be found in another team that feeds the F1 races, the GP2 teams – and therefore there are a variety of drivers within this series that are sponsored by Red Bull.
The origins have led to a fantastic result, as the Red Bull Racing team has finished first, for the first time, through the 2009 F1 racing season at the Grand Prix in China, a milestone for the team – a first, after the team has been known as Red Bull Racing.
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August 3rd, 2009
Who better to act as a consultant to the team than a past driver? David Coulthard has been a part of the team since 2005 and the 2009 season is the first time that he is taking his expertise off of the track and on to the planning and consulting side of the Red Bull team.
He has entered more than two hundred and forty seven Grand Prix races, and therefore has accumulated a wealth of experiences. He has qualified first a variety of times and this has been his highest qualification, as well as finishing first in one of the races. Through all of these qualifications,
Since the team was established in 2005, he had been a part of the team, 2009 will be the first year that David is not taking part in the team. This year, he is going to be part of the team of racing consultants, rather than taking to the track. Although this is a bittersweet change to the Red Bull racing team, there are many memories that can be looked upon with fondness. Throughout the 2005 season, David placed fourth through a race in Melbourne, which gave the team the very first points that they would need to get on their way, and even through the next season he gave the team the very first podium placement. There have been many milestones throughout his career, both in a professional account, as well as those which have a more personal meaning – such as his role in charities.
Taking the role of racer to the next level to do well within the community, he is an ambassador in a popular charitable organization “Wings for Life” which is currently working towards funding to find a cure for the Spinal cord injuries. Through this organization, David acts as an ambassador.
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July 30th, 2009
Since the origin of the team in 2005, the seasons have only seen an improvement in already fantastic driving, as well as an improvement in the season’s drivers and rankings, and an increase in points.
The 2009 season can be easily set apart from the others as the first season without renowned Driver David Coulthard, and the introduction of the reformulation of the RB5 chassis, which was introduced through a physical means the day after the production.
The first ever win also came this season, through the 2009 Grand Prix in Shanghai, where the driver for the Red Bull team, Sebastian Vettel, had the fastest qualifying lap throughout history and therefore reached not only another milestone in his racing career but an important milestone in the history of the Red Bull racing team. With this win has come prestige that is associated with the Red Bull racing team, a team that has taken it into their own hands to gain as many points as possible, through the driver turned advisor, Coulthard. At Shanghai, the team was able to complete the win with the help of the fact that the team was able to accomplish winning the first pole position, as well.
During the German Grand Prix, Mark Webber was able to finish first, followed closely behind by Vettel, creating the first ever, first and second win for the Red Bull racing team. This accomplishment led the team into victory through these means, allowing the drivers in the team reason to celebrate – one of the many accomplishments and firsts through the 2009 season.
The 2010 season is looking bright with the many accomplishments that have been seen through the past season.
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