Red Bull Junior Team

Austria Red Bull Junior Team
Founded2001; 24 years ago (2001)
BaseMilton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Team principal(s)Helmut Marko
Current driversSuper Formula
Japan Ayumu Iwasa
FIA Formula 2
Spain Pepe Martí
Germany Oliver Goethe
United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
FIA Formula 3
Bulgaria Nikola Tsolov
Germany Tim Tramnitz
Spanish F4
United States James Egozi
Thailand Enzo Tarnvanichkul
Mexico Ernesto Rivera
French F4
France Jules Caranta
Karting
Republic of Ireland Fionn McLaughlin
Sweden Scott Lindblom
Netherlands Rocco Coronel
Lebanon Christopher Feghali
Websitehttps://www.redbull.com/int-en/juniorteam
Sebastian Vettel in a Formula 3 Euro Series car in 2006, featuring prominent Red Bull sponsorship.
Michael Ammermüller racing in the World Series By Renault in 2007.
Pepe Martí in the 2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

The Red Bull Junior Team is a driver development programme operated by Austrian conglomerate company Red Bull GmbH to identify and develop talent in open-wheel racing. Members of the Junior Team are financed and sponsored by Red Bull in kart racing and junior formulae.

The programs have been successful in bringing a selection of drivers into Formula One. Five graduates—Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr.—have won a Formula One Grand Prix, whilst Vettel and Verstappen have won the World Drivers' Championship a combined eight times. Red Bull owns two teams in Formula One, Red Bull Racing and Racing Bulls.

The Red Bull Junior Team was also the name of RSM Marko, a team that competed in International Formula 3000 between 1999 and 2003, sponsored by Red Bull and run by Helmut Marko.

The Red Bull Junior Team was formed in 2001 as Red Bull's European driver programme. Red Bull offers funding and support for the promising young drivers that are part of the programme. In 2004, Christian Klien became the first Red Bull Junior to race in Formula One, while in 2008, Sebastian Vettel became the first Red Bull Junior to win a Formula One Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix. Two years later, in 2010, Vettel became the first Red Bull Junior graduate to win the Formula One World Championship.

The similar Red Bull Driver Search, now ended, was an American spinoff of the same idea held in 2005. In 2024, Red Bull formed a separate programme called the Red Bull Academy Programme to support the team's F1 Academy drivers.


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