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Red Bull Racing’s RB21 was unveiled at F1’s first global launch - with a bold design, plus big stakes and a championship battle ahead. Get your first look now!
For the first time in Formula One history, all 10 teams unveiled their new cars and drivers together in a spectacular live event at London’s O2 Arena, marking the official start of the 2025 season. Fans packed the venue and tuned in worldwide to witness the next generation of F1 machines, including Red Bull Racing’s RB21 and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls’ VCARB 02.
With Max Verstappen, Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar set to take the wheel, the event offered a first glimpse at the cars that will define the battles ahead on the track.
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Oracle Red Bull Racing take centre stage
Four-time World Champion Max Verstappen, his new team-mate Liam Lawson and team boss Christian Horner took centre stage for Oracle Red Bull Racing Team, accompanied by Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones. Christian Horner explained that the tune is part of the team’s soundtrack in the garage: “That was Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones. It was a favourite of our founder Dietrich Mateschitz and we play that song in the garage after each victory. So last year we played it nine times in celebration of Max winning his fourth consecutive World Championship.
“This year, we've got a new line-up and Max is joined by our young Kiwi Liam Lawson. Liam brings a very exciting new dynamic to the team, and we look forward to racing against some amazing competition this year in what is going to be a very close World Championship.”
Building on the team’s iconic look, 2025’s livery sports the dark blue, racing red and vivid yellow team colours and the Red Bull logo that has carried Max to four World Drivers’ Championships.
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Team: Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21
- Drivers: Max Verstappen #1 + Liam Lawson #30
- Team principal: Christian Horner
- Design: Pierre Waché
- Power unit: Honda RBPTH002
Max Verstappen will be racing for his fifth consecutive F1 world championship. The Dutch driver continues to set new records in the sport and a fifth will see him join Michael Schumacher as the only driver to win five in a row and the youngest to achieve the feat. He is teamed with Liam Lawson. The New Zealander makes the step up from the sister team in Faenza to become the champ’s sixth team-mate in his first full season in F1. The versatile racer is no stranger to the top step having won in F2, F3, Super Formula and DTM. The goal for 2025 is for Lawson and Verstappen to bring the Constructors’ title back to Milton Keynes.
Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson's new Sparco team kit
Also new for 2025 is a new collection of race suits, helmets and kit that will be sported by drivers Verstappen and Lawson, as well as the rest of the team.
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Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team play to the crowd
The Visa Cash App RB Team – or VCARB – team took to the stage where Yuki Tsunoda, new driver Isack Hadjar, CEO Peter Bayer and Team Principal Laurent Mekies were joined by comedian and social media star Munya Chawawa, who riffed on why VCARB is the most welcoming and fun-loving team on the grid.
“I’m super excited about our driver line-up," said Laurent Mekies. "Yuki made a very big step forward last year. He really surprised us with the progress he made in terms of raw speed, as well as his technical qualities.
"With Isack embarking on his rookie season, Yuki will be very much the team leader and he is a vital component of our plans for the coming season."
The fresh new Visa Cash App RB Team livery is the most radical livery change of 2025 this season with the clean, all-white finish as a nod to the overall brand of Red Bull.
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Team: Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
- Chassis: VCARB 02
- Drivers: Yuki Tsunoda #22 + Isack Hadjar #6
- Team principal: Laurent Mekies
- Design: Tim Goss, Jody Egginton
- Power unit: Honda RBPTH002
One of the most popular drivers on the grid and in the paddock, Yuki Tsunoda begins his fifth season in F1, leading the charge with Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team. With 91 career points, he’s already the most successful F1 driver from Japan and with 87 Grands Prix raced, he is just short of Ukyo Katayama’s record of 94. “I'm hoping that my fifth season in F1 will be an extension of how the past years have gone, always making progress. I plan to nail it down even more, to be a more complete driver," said Tsunoda. "I expect it to be an even tighter contest this year. I'll take it step by step, but I’m feeling confident.”
He's joined in the garage by another rookie in Isack Hadjar. Like Verstappen, Lawson and Tsunoda, the talented Frenchman is another graduate of the Red Bull Junior Team and makes the step up from F2 having finished runner-up in the 2024 championship. “It’s been a life-long goal of mine to become an F1 driver, so it’s surreal to be here, living out my dream," said Hadjar. "I’m not expecting it to be easy, there’s a lot to learn, but I’m so happy to be learning from Yuki who is a seasoned pro in the sport.”
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When will the cars be in action?
We’ll see the RB21 in the flesh at F1 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit from February 26-28. The cars take to the track in competition for the first time in Albert Park, Melbourne, at the Australian Grand Prix on the weekend of March 14-16.
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