Red Bull changes its name ahead of the F1 season. He will get half a billion dollars

The emotions have dropped a bit after the most interesting Formula 1 season in recent years. He defeated Mercedes in the last race became the new world champion. The Dutchman took advantage of the opportunity to change the number and will drive with number one in the new season. The last time such a privilege was used in the paddock in 2013, when he won his third league title. Red Bull will have the same drivers in the new season: Sergio Perez will be next to Verstappen.

Officially: Red Bull changes its name. He received over $ 500 million from the American giant

unveiled the new RB18 car for the 2022 season, which is to help Max Verstappen defend his title. Additionally, the team from Milton Keynes has announced a new title sponsor. It was the American company Oracle Cloud, which decided to invest as much as $ 500 million in Red Bull. Thus, the team is now called Oracle Red Bull Racing. “Oracle as the title sponsor shows how much confidence we have in their knowledge and abilities in order to have the greatest advantage against the competition” – said the head of Red Bull.

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Thus, it is another title sponsor of Red Bull in recent years. Previously, the team’s name was Infiniti (2013-2015) and (2018-2020). Oracle started working with Red Bull before the 2021 season and was one of the main sponsors of the Milton Keynes team. are to help Red Bull in data analysis, engine development or increasing the simulation power. It means that Verstappen will have even better conditions for working in the simulator.

The new season will begin on the weekend of March 18-20, 2022 at the Gulf Air circuit in Bahrain. In total, during the season we will watch as many as 23 races, and one of them will be Miami, which for the first time in history will appear in the calendar of the queen of motorsport.