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How an F1 team lost a $300K diamond at the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix

It’s a scene that feels plucked straight from a Hollywood heist movie — only art imitated life a little too closely. In May 2004, Formula 1 descended on the principality of Monaco for its annual display of speed, opulence and wealth, but one glittering object stood out above all else:…

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Where did each Red Bull F1 driver finish on their team debut?

Yuki Tsunoda is set to become the 14th driver to start a Formula 1 grand prix for Red Bull when he competes for the team at Suzuka on the 6 April.

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Where every Red Bull Racing driver finished in their debut race with the team

Red Bull Racing's 13 previous drivers' first F1 results, from best to worst, with Yuki Tsunoda next to join the list.

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The message Red Bull has sent to young talent with its Lawson and Tsunoda swap

Christian Klien, Scott Speed, Sebastien Bourdais, Daniil Kvyat (twice), Pierre Gasly, Nyck de Vries, Daniel Ricciardo – the list of drivers being replaced mid-season by Red Bull or its sister team is lengthy. As of this week, Liam Lawson joins that group and, in a way, he’s even a record-breaker:…

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How Red Bull arrived in F1 as a "breath of fresh air" 20 years ago

The year is 2004 and David Coulthard is in his final season with McLaren. DC knows that his future will not be with the Woking-based team and that a certain Juan Pablo Montoya is set to take his place. He has to look for other options and attracts interest from…

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From party team to world champion: How Red Bull joined F1 20 years ago

The year is 2004 and David Coulthard is in his final season with McLaren. DC – as the Scot is known – knows that his future will not be with the Woking-based team and that a certain Juan Pablo Montoya is set to take his place. He has to look…

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Horner adds support to return to V10 engines in F1

Christian Horner says he would welcome the return of V10 engines to Formula 1.

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Red Bull’s F1 juniors: Where are they now?

While it’s easy to be cynical about the up-or-out nature of Red Bull’s young driver programme and the scars its abruptness has often left, no other enterprise has done more to promote young talent in motorsport.

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What is the Red Bull Junior Team? A look at the unique F1 academy

Almost half of the Formula 1 grid in 2025 will have come from the Red Bull Junior Team, making it one of the most successful academy programmes in motorsport. Jack Doohan, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson and reigning world champion Max Verstappen have…

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Friday favourite: How Coulthard impressed Red Bull’s original Dutchman

Max Verstappen may be the most successful Dutchman in Red Bull’s Formula 1 history, but he isn’t its first driver heralding from the Netherlands. That honour is bestowed to Robert Doornbos, who stepped up from his third driver role to replace Christian Klien for the final three grands prix of…

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Friday favourite: The F1 winner who impressed Red Bull’s original Dutchman

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What to look out for at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

One of the highlights of the annual motorsport calendar is upon us, as the great and good of Formula 1, sportscar racing, rallying and more descends on West Sussex for a four-day celebration of the cars and stars that make racing special.

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How to watch the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend

The United Kingdom’s summer festivities did not end with last weekend’s British Grand Prix, as the Goodwood Festival of Speed is up next.

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Verstappen to make Goodwood Festival of Speed debut with big Red Bull F1 presence

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen will make his Goodwood Festival of Speed debut next month as part of a major Red Bull presence at the event.

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Friday favourite: The “perfect” F1 test venue with a little bit of “magic”

“I really love this track,” says Franck Montagny of the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. “I remember my chief engineer in Renault’s test team was always saying ‘if there was a championship of 15 races in Jerez, you are world champion every year’.”

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Friday favourite: The LMP1 beast that became an extension of Davidson

“The car I always felt was ‘my’ car, that I could always be quick in, was the first Peugeot 908, the V12. I don’t know why, it just clicked, like an extension of my body. I could be quick on new tyres, old tyres, wet and dry.”

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Details of McLaren's DTM project with Dorr Group revealed

At the beginning of February, the ADAC announced McLaren as the seventh manufacturer for 2024, but refused to provide any details about the British manufacturer’s first proper programme in the series.

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Friday favourite: The Peugeot "spaceship" that wowed an F1 veteran

Just five race outings in the Peugeot 908 were enough for Christian Klien to select the turbodiesel LMP1 machine as his favourite racing car. A solitary win, achieved in the 2009 Spa 1000km when Audi stayed away, was the high point of the Austrian’s involvement with the Peugeot factory squad…

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“Talks with British manufacturer” - Is McLaren entering DTM with Project 1?

McLaren has had a very brief history in the DTM so far, with three guest outings for Formula 1 driver Christian Klien in 2021 the only time it was officially represented in the series.

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Red Bull's axed F1 star reveals brutal six-word goodbye message from Helmut Marko

In the same week that Nyck de Vries was axed from the AlphaTauri sister team by Marko, another former Red Bull prodigy opened up on his own abrupt exit from the stable

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F1 team "generated millions" despite losing £140k diamond in Monaco GP publicity stunt

The iconic Monaco Grand Prix has generated plenty of F1 memories over the years, but one huge big money mystery that dates back to the 2004 race remains unsolved

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Ranking the best F1 rookie performances in Bahrain

Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant are making their Formula 1 debuts in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix and will aspire to make a good impression as they begin their grand prix careers. But which of the drivers who made their bows in the desert impressed most?

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Obituary: Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, 1944-2022

Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who has died at the age of 78, made an extraordinary impact across the world of motor sport, and not just in Formula 1.

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Dietrich Mateschitz obituary: Red Bull co-founder dies aged 78

Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who has died at the age of 78, made an extraordinary impact across the world of motor sport, and not just in Formula 1.

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Tomczyk confident DTM can compete with LMDh amid sportscar boom

Martin Tomczyk is confident that the DTM will remain “attractive” and no ”conflict” will arise with other sportscar series as its incumbent manufacturers prepare works prototype programmes at Le Mans.

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