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Red Bull Racing F1 Facts

Team: Red Bull Racing
Drivers: Sebastian Vettel - Mark Webber
Engine: Renault RS27-2010
F1 Debut: 2005 - Australian Grand Prix

• Red Bull is an Austrian drinks company owned by Dietrich Mateschitz that actively promotes a large number of extreme sports. The business has an annual turnover of 3.5 billion US dollars.
• Red Bull bought and renamed the Jaguar Formula One team in 2005 when the car company (Ford) pulled out of Grand Prix Racing.
• Before running their own team, Red Bull heavily sponsored Sauber for ten years.
• Red Bull has an extensive 'young driver program' that develops the careers of emerging drivers through the junior categories of motorsport. There are currently five drivers in the 'Red Bull Junior Team' which represents the highest level of this program.
• Sebastian Vettel is, to date, the most successful graduate of the Red Bull young driver program having scored five Grand Prix victories.
• David Coulthard was the team's fist driver. He was joined by Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, and Robert Doornbos in 2005 and 2006.
• Mark Webber joined Red Bull in 2007 and has now started more races for the team than any other driver.
• Sebastian Vettel won his third race for the team after joining Red Bull in 2009.
• Red Bull's best season in Formula One was 2009 when the team took six Grand Prix victories and challenged for the World Championship.