Red Bull Racing RB21
The Red Bull Racing RB21 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by Red Bull Racing currently competing in the 2025 Formula One World Championship. It is being driven by defending World Champion Max Verstappen, who is joined by Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, the latter replacing Lawson from the Japanese Grand Prix. The RB21, which is powered by the Honda RBPTH003 power unit, is the last Red Bull Racing car to be powered by Honda RBPT-badged engines; from the 2026 season, Red Bull and its sister team Racing Bulls will utilise Red Bull Powertrains Ford engines.[2]
The RB21 is the first Red Bull Racing car since the RB2 to not be designed by former Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey, and the first car to be designed by Technical Director Pierre Waché who is now overseeing all aspects of any future Red Bull challengers from design to production with the RB21 being the first car for which he oversaw both the design and production process.
Background
Livery
The livery of the car was unveiled at the F1 75 event at The O2 Arena, along with other teams, on 18 February 2025.[3] The livery was similar to previous liveries, but with minor sponsorship changes.
At the Japanese Grand Prix, the RB21 featured a variation of the White Bull designed used at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, commemorating the final year of their partnership with Honda.[4] The designed featured a matte white finish with satin red logos, emulating the racing colours of Japan.
Complete Formula One results
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Not classified, finished (NC) | |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) | |
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |
| Withdrawn (WD) | |
| Did not enter (empty cell) | |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Superscript number |
Points-scoring position in sprint |
| Year | Entrant | Power unit | Tyres | Driver name | Grands Prix | Points | WCC pos. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | CHN | JPN | BHR | SAU | MIA | EMI | MON | ESP | CAN | AUT | GBR | BEL | HUN | NED | ITA | AZE | SIN | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU | |||||||
| 2025 | Red Bull Racing | Honda RBPTH003 | P |  Max Verstappen
|
2 | 43 | 1P | 6 | 71* | 3rd* | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Liam Lawson
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Ret | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Yuki Tsunoda
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12 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Honda RBPTH003". Honda Racing. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Ford announces F1 return in 2026 with Red Bull". ESPN.com. 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ O2, The. "F1® 75 Live". www.theo2.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "GALLERY: Red Bull unveil special white and red livery for Japanese Grand Prix". Formula One. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
