Red Bull Racing vs Renault F1 Team

Lore & Background

The 2021 car won the drivers' title with Max Verstappen, marking the team's first World Championship title in 8 years since Sebastian Vettel won the drivers' title and the team won the constructors' title in 2013. The RB16B became the first non-Mercedes car to win any championship since 2013, and Honda became the first Japanese and Asian engine supplier world champions of the turbo-hybrid era.

Reader's Guide

The RB16 was based on its predecessor the RB15, featuring a narrower nose with two additional inlets, a redesigned barge-board area, smaller side-pod inlets, a large 'cape' element below the nose, raised rear suspension parts, a rear wing with two supporting pillars, and a redesigned front multi-link suspension to improve low-speed corner performance. For 2021, Red Bull used development tokens to change the gearbox casing shape, allowing rearrangement of the rear suspension and significantly increased rear downforce. The Honda RA621H power unit featured a more compact camshaft layout placed lower, a different valve angle, shorter cylinder bore spacing, a smaller engine with lower centre of gravity, modifications to the turbine and compressor, and new plating on the cylinder block.

Did You Know?

• The RB16 made its competitive debut at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix after the planned debut at the 2020 Australian Grand Prix was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The RB16B made its debut at the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.
• At the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, the RB16B wore a red and white livery inspired by the livery Honda used when they won their first Formula One race, the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix.
• The RB16 and RB16B competed in 39 races, winning 13 (a success rate of 33.33%).