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CEO/Founder: Peter Bayer
Team Chief: Laurent Mekies
Technical Chief: Jody Egginton
Sports Director: Tim Goss

Chassis 2026: VCARB-03

Engine: Ford Red Bull
Tyre: Pirelli

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Reserve Driver: -

2026 Season

Racing Bulls enters the 2026 season after finishing sixth in the 2025 Constructors' Championship with 92 points, confirming its place as one of the strongest teams in the midfield. Compared with 2025, however, there is a major change to the driver line-up: Liam Lawson remains with the team, while Arvid Lindblad makes his Formula 1 debut alongside him, replacing Isack Hadjar. The team also begins the new regulatory cycle with a revised organisational structure compared with the start of 2025: Alan Permane serves as Team Principal, while Tim Goss is the leading technical figure. After ending the previous season on an upward trajectory, the objective for 2026 is clear: consolidate the team's position in the upper midfield and close the gap more consistently to the teams ahead in the standings.

Car

From a technical perspective, Racing Bulls' 2026 car is the VCARB 03, built around the new regulatory platform and powered by the Red Bull Ford power unit. As the team itself highlighted at the start of the season, 2026 introduces one of the most significant technical revolutions of recent years: the balance between combustion and electrical power changes substantially, the MGU-H disappears and the aerodynamic philosophy of the cars is also transformed, with more compact dimensions and a concept less closely tied to the principles of the previous generation.

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History

Racing Bulls in Formula 1: from its Minardi roots to the 2025 season

The history of the team now known as Racing Bulls represents a unique story of longevity and transformation in Formula 1. With its historic headquarters still based in Faenza, the team has evolved through several technical and corporate identities while maintaining a strong connection with Italy's Emilia-Romagna region.

The origins in Faenza: the long Minardi era (1979-2005)

The story began in 1979 with Giancarlo Minardi. The team made its Formula 1 World Championship debut in 1985 and quickly built a reputation as a breeding ground for young talent. One important part of its legacy is the number of future stars who made their debuts with Minardi, including Fernando Alonso in 2001 and Mark Webber in 2002, the latter famously finishing fifth on his debut in Australia.

In terms of results, notable highlights included Pierluigi Martini briefly leading the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril and starting from the front row in Phoenix in 1990. The team's technical resilience was also evident in 1991, when Minardi-Ferrari finished seventh in the Constructors' Championship, the best result of the Giancarlo Minardi era. Following the ownership of Paul Stoddart from 2001 to 2005, a period defined by his determined defence of Formula 1's smaller independent teams, the outfit was acquired by Red Bull at the end of 2005.

Scuderia Toro Rosso: the Monza triumph and Red Bull's talent pipeline (2006-2019)

Renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso, the team became the main Junior Team within the Red Bull organisation. The 2008 season produced its defining breakthrough: at Monza, a young Sebastian Vettel claimed a sensational victory in wet conditions. A crucial technical detail is that the win came with a Ferrari V8 engine, making Toro Rosso the only Red Bull-owned team to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix with Maranello power.

In 2015, the team made history by handing Max Verstappen his Formula 1 debut at just 17 years of age. Its transition from a pure junior operation towards a more integrated "sister team" role began in 2018 with an exclusive partnership with Honda, which would help pave the way for the engine manufacturer's later success with Red Bull Racing.

Scuderia AlphaTauri: Gasly's victory and technical stability (2020-2023)

The rebranding to Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2020 immediately brought success, as Pierre Gasly won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, twelve years after Vettel's famous victory. The result confirmed the growing maturity of the Faenza operation. In 2021, the team recorded its best statistical season under the AlphaTauri name, finishing sixth in the Constructors' Championship, helped by Gasly's podium in Baku and the debut of Yuki Tsunoda.

RB and the transition to Racing Bulls (2024-2025)

The 2024 season, under the commercial name Visa Cash App RB, marked the beginning of Laurent Mekies' leadership. The year also featured the return of Liam Lawson, who replaced Daniel Ricciardo for the final six rounds of the season and scored valuable points that helped secure eighth place in the Constructors' Championship.

For the 2025 season, the team adopted the official name Racing Bulls, while retaining its commercial partners, and made a significant step forward in performance. With Alan Permane promoted to Team Principal, the team finished sixth in the Constructors' Championship with 92 points. The season was highlighted by a major result: Isack Hadjar's third-place finish at the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, the team's first podium in four years. Liam Lawson also delivered an outstanding fifth place in Baku, helping Racing Bulls finish ahead of direct rivals including Aston Martin and Haas.

Legacy and records of the Faenza team

By the end of 2025, the team had recorded two Grand Prix victories, at Monza in 2008 and again in 2020, while building a global reputation as one of Formula 1's most successful driver development teams. The Faenza base, strengthened by new technological facilities, remains at the heart of a project that has repeatedly shown its ability to compete with and occasionally defeat much larger organisations despite its comparatively modest origins.

First race:

Gran Premio di Bahrein del 2006

First victory:

Gran Premio di Italia del 2008

Year	Chassis	Engine	Points
2026	Toro Rosso VCARB-03	Ford Red Bull	100
2025	Toro Rosso VCARB-02	Honda RBPT	92
2024	Toro Rosso VCARB-01	Honda RBPT	46
2023	Toro Rosso AT04	Honda RBPT	25
2022	Toro Rosso AT03	Red Bull RBPTH001	35
2021	Toro Rosso AT02	Honda RA620H	142
2020	Toro Rosso AT01	Honda RA620H	107
2019	Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	85
2018	Toro Rosso STR13	Honda	33
2017	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault	53
2016	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari	63
2015	Toro Rosso STR10	Renault Energy F1-2015	67
2014	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault Energy F1-2014	30
2013	Toro Rosso STR8	Ferrari 056	33
2012	Toro Rosso STR7	Ferrari 056	26
2011	Toro Rosso STR6	Ferrari 056	41
2010	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 056	13
2009	Toro Rosso STR4	Ferrari 056	8
2008	Toro Rosso STR3	Ferrari 056	39
2007	Toro Rosso STR2	Ferrari 056	8
2006	Toro Rosso STR01	Cosworth TJ2006	1

* Season with at least 1 point won (since 2000)

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