Driver Profiles: Verstappen and Pérez (Red Bull Racing)

Red Bull Racing is a four-time Constructors Championship winning team. The team bought out the Jaguar F1 team in 2004, with Red Bull Racing Cars making their first appearance in 2005. The team has made their mark on the grid, winning four Drivers Championships and four Constructors Championships. Their former drivers include racing heavyweights such as Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and David Coulthard. Having been second to Mercedes for the past few years, their 2021 car is already giving their rival team a run for their money. Their drivers for this season are Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez, with Christian Horner as the team principal.

Max Verstappen #33

Max Verstappen holds the record for being the youngest person to compete in Formula 1. After winning 23 karting championships and coming 3rd in the 2014 F3 Championships, he became the youngest person to drive during a weekend when he drove a Red Bull during FP1 at the 2014 Japanese GP, in preparation for his seat at Torro Rosso. When starting at the Australian GP in 2015, he was the youngest full-time driver ever at the age of 17 years and 166 days old. The 23-year-old Dutchman stayed at Torro Rosso until it was announced at the 2016 Russian GP that he would be swapping seat with Daniel Kvyat, taking his Red Bull seat for the rest of the season. After a couple of seasons of a few crashes and race retirements, Verstappen has started to come into his own. Whilst he is young, he has had a big impact on the sport and is tipped to be as successful as Hamilton in the coming years.

Sergio Pérez #11

Sergio Pérez, often known as Checo, is a 31-year-old Mexican driver who first started in F1 at Sauber in 2011. He has 9 podiums, and 196 GP starts to his name. In 2013, he replaced Hamilton at McLaren. It wasn't all smooth sailing there, with his aggressive driving style causing a few issues with his teammate Button but still performed well at the team. It was announced at the end of the 2013 season that he would move to Force India (which became Racing Point) where he stayed until the end of the 2020 season. Here he won his first race at the 2020 Sakhir GP, having fought back from last place. During the winter break, it was announced that Perez would be replacing Albon at Red Bull for the 2021 season.

Other Drivers

The team's reserve driver is Alex Albon. You can find out more about him here.