Full name | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
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Base | Faenza, Italy |
Team principal(s) | Laurent Mekies |
Chief Technical Officer | Tim Goss [1] |
Technical director | Jody Egginton [2] |
Website | visacashapprb |
Previous name | Scuderia AlphaTauri |
2024 Formula One World Championship | |
Race drivers | 3. Daniel Ricciardo 22. Yuki Tsunoda |
Test drivers | 40. Liam Lawson |
Chassis | VCARB 01 |
Engine | Honda RBPTH002 [3] [4] |
Tyres | Pirelli |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2024 Miami Grand Prix |
Races entered | 7 (6 starts) |
Engines | Honda RBPT |
Race victories | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Points | 19 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Racing Bulls S.p.A, competing as Visa Cash App RB F1 Team (shortened to RB [5] or VCARB), is an Italian Formula One racing team and constructor that is competing in the 2024 season. It is one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerate Red Bull GmbH, the other being Red Bull Racing. Known as Scuderia Toro Rosso from 2006 to 2019 and Scuderia AlphaTauri from 2020 to 2023, the team was rebranded to its current name for the 2024 season. The current drivers are Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, and the team principal is Laurent Mekies.
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, current Scuderia Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr., and reigning three-time World Champion Max Verstappen. In addition, Toro Rosso had previously employed current driver Daniel Ricciardo as part of its line-up in 2012 and 2013. [6] [7]
For the 2020 Formula One World Championship, Toro Rosso was rebranded to "AlphaTauri" in order to promote Red Bull's AlphaTauri fashion brand. [8] 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. [9]
The team was rebranded to Visa Cash App RB F1 Team for the 2024 season, [10] [11] shortened to the acronymised "VCARB". [12] [13] The new name was widely criticised by fans and the media, [14] [15] [16] [17] 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. [18]
RB entered the 2024 Formula One World Championship with drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda. [12] [19] The team continued using Honda RBPT power units, having used Honda-designed power units since the 2018 season when it was named Scuderia Toro Rosso. [20] [21]
In the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix, the team suffered a double retirement, caused by Haas's Kevin Magnussen crashing into Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo's rear being struck by Lance Stroll. Both drivers suffered major damage to their diffusers, with Ricciardo in particular being forced to retire a few laps later. Tsunoda suffered terminal rear-right damage and retired on the spot. [22] [23]
With its' senior sister team Red Bull Racing confirmed Red Bull Ford Powertrains power unit partner and supplier switch, RB Formula One Team will also follow suit of the power unit partner and supplier switch to Red Bull Ford Powertrains from the 2026 to 2030 seasons. [24]
Key | |
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Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | Second place |
Bronze | Third place |
Green | Other points position |
Blue | Other classified position |
Not classified, finished (NC) | |
Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Race cancelled (C) | |
Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) | |
Did not arrive (DNA) | |
Withdrawn (WD) | |
Did not enter (empty cell) | |
Annotation | Meaning |
P | Pole position |
F | Fastest lap |
Superscript number | Points-scoring position in sprint |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Points | WCC |
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2024 | VCARB 01 | Honda RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t [25] | P | BHR | SAU | AUS | JPN | CHN | MIA | EMI | MON | CAN | ESP | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | AZE | SIN | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU | 19* | 6th* | |
Daniel Ricciardo | 13 | 16 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yuki Tsunoda | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Season still in progress.
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