Double Diffuser

Lore & Background

The team traces its roots to Minardi, which competed in Formula One from 1985 to 2005, before being bought by Red Bull in 2006 to become the junior team to Red Bull Racing. From 2006 to 2019, it competed as 'Toro Rosso' and was known for housing future Red Bull talent, such as future four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, former Scuderia Ferrari driver and current Williams Racing driver Carlos Sainz Jr., and four-time World Champion Max Verstappen. In addition, Toro Rosso had previously employed 2023–24 driver Daniel Ricciardo as part of its line-up in 2012 and 2013. For the 2020 Formula One World Championship, Toro Rosso was rebranded to 'AlphaTauri' in order to promote Red Bull's AlphaTauri fashion brand. According to Franz Tost and Helmut Marko, the rebrand to Scuderia AlphaTauri also acknowledged that it had transitioned from Red Bull Racing's junior team to its sister team. The team was rebranded to Visa Cash App RB F1 Team for the 2024 season, shortened to the acronymised 'VCARB'. The new name was widely criticised by fans and the media, with Edd Straw of The Race calling it 'the worst team name in Formula 1 history' and 'an embarrassment to Red Bull and Formula 1 as a whole', arguing that the name 'RB' lacks 'personality, identity and ambition', could easily be confused with Red Bull Racing, and exists solely to force the sponsors to be mentioned more often. For the 2025 season, the team was entered as 'Racing Bulls', discontinuing the usage of the 'RB' initialism.

In Their Own Story

The garage at the Bahrain International Circuit hummed with a nervous energy that had nothing to do with the desert heat. As Sebastian Vettel climbed into the cockpit of the RB5, he felt the familiar weight of expectation, but this time, there was something different in the car's behavior on the final practice run. The rear end felt glued to the asphalt, biting through corners with a ferocity that didn't exist last year. 'It feels like we're driving on rails,' Vettel radioed back, his voice calm but laced with excitement. In the shadows of the pit wall, Adrian Newey watched the telemetry, knowing that the secret they had whispered about all winter was now screaming across the tarmac.

Reader's Guide

The team scored their first podium as Racing Bulls at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. As of 2026, Racing Bulls through its previous legacy lineages (Minardi, Toro Rosso and AlphaTauri) is the longest-surviving active Formula One team that never won a Drivers' or Constructors' World Championship title.

Did You Know?

• The team was known as Scuderia Toro Rosso from 2006 to 2019 and Scuderia AlphaTauri from 2020 to 2023.
• The team's current CEO is Peter Bayer, and the team principal is Laurent Mekies (Alan Permane is the Racing Director).
• As of the 2024 season, the team's best Constructors' finish is 6th place (achieved in 2021 and 2023); the 2025 season has not yet occurred.
• The team is planned to switch to Red Bull Ford Powertrains power units from 2026 onwards, ending a six-year alliance with Honda (2018–2023).