Purple Bull Racing has been fined $7 million (£6.07m) for breaking the Method 1 finances cap in 2021, Max Verstappen’s first entire world championship period. The Milton Keynes-based team overspent the £118m cap by £1.86m (1.6%), files released now verify – a breach that the FIA, motorsport’s international governing entire body, has labelled as “minor”. […]
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They Got Away With It, FIA Fine Red Bull With A Slap on The Wrist
By James Broughton, Oct 28, 2022 Pink Bull has been sanctioned by the FIA for breaching the 2021 price cap which amounted to the crew heading above the $145M shelling out restrict by $2.2M. The FIA today confirmed that Purple Bull will obtain both equally a sporting and money penalty. […]
Red Bull and Masi’s Radio Chat Raises More Questions About F1 Finale
A radio conversation between the Red Bull pit and Formula One’s Race Director resurfaced earlier this week, reminding us of just how confusingly—and ultimately unfairly—things played out over the last few laps of the 2021 Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix last December. Specifically, the audio that was allegedly released last […]
Red Bull F1 Just Secured Half a Billion Dollars From Oracle. Here’s What That Means
Red Bull Racing’s “car reveal” today gave Formula One fans about as much to chew on as an all-liquid diet. Analysts have identified the “RB18” we saw today as just a re-skinned show model, and not even one bearing a special testing livery like Red Bull has treated us to […]
No, Honda Says It Hasn’t Agreed to New Red Bull F1 Engine Deal Past 2022
Honda exited Formula One at the end of last season in spectacular fashion by becoming the first non-Mercedes power unit supplier to a champion in the hybrid era. Reports last week said that despite setting up its own powertrain division, Red Bull is attempting to convince Honda to supply it […]
Mercedes and Red Bull Now 1 Point Apart in F1 Constructors’ Championship
The Formula One world drivers’ championship is important. It’s the one people remember. How many Juan Manuel Fangio had and for how long, until Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton came along. But for the sport itself, the constructors’ championship is much more important, vital. It’s what decides how much of […]
Sergio Perez Breaks the Curse, Keeps Red Bull Seat for a Second Year
Sergio Perez has done two things this year that his predecessors couldn’t: win a race in the second Red Bull seat and get re-signed for a second season only halfway through his first. When Perez signed to Red Bull, it was the only seat available for him and it came […]
Red Bull Drift Cars Confiscated After Unauthorized Promo Shoot at Ukrainian Cathedral
Saint Sophia Cathedral is on the United Nations’ World Heritage List, which means that the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognizes it as an area that has “outstanding universal value” worth protecting as a cultural treasure. However, being on the World Heritage List doesn’t automatically exclude these sites from […]
Red Bull Isn’t Done Talking About That Hamilton-Verstappen Clash
After a highly normal first attempt at running Formula One’s sprint qualifying format, everyone went home from the British Grand Prix satisfied that things had gone well and no one was angry at all. Wait, no—unfortunately, this is F1 and as Drive to Survive has showcased, everyone loves drama. And […]
Sergio Perez Lands a Red Bull Formula 1 Seat for 2021 [Updated]
The Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team will confirm Sergio Pérez as Max Verstappen’s teammate for 2021 on Friday, according to a report by GP Blog. Pérez will replace Alexander Albon on the team. Pérez currently drives for Racing Point F1, but Racing Point has already announced that they will […]
MotoGP Riders Call for Changes to Red Bull Ring After This Weekend’s Back-to-Back Crashes
After the race, Crutchlow once again called for changes to the layout of Turn 3, telling The Race: Imagine that happened in the rain. I don’t like the safety of this place. They run a good grand prix, but I don’t like it here. I don’t know what they can […]