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Monday, November 19, 2012

RED BULL RACING: 2012 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONS

RED BULL RACING: 2012 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONS



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STATISTICS – RED BULL RACING
2005 – 2012
This is Red Bull Racing’s eighth season in the Sport. Its first was in 2005
Red Bull Racing first won the Constructors’ Championship in 2010, its sixth season and has maintained the title ever since
The team is only the fourth to win three Constructors’ Championships in succession and joins three others to have achieved this:
Ferrari: (’75, ’76, ’77 and ’99, ‘00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04)
McLaren: (’88, ’89, ’90, ’91)
Williams: (’92, ’93, ’94)
RED BULL RACING IN NUMBERS. The Team has:
WON 23.4% of all races it has started
Taken POLE POSITION in 31.7% of the qualifying sessions it’s taken part in
Won the CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP in 37.5% of the years competed.
OVERALL: Red Bull Racing
34 WINS
80 PODIUMS
46 POLES
1844.5 POINTS
5 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (3 Constructors’ and 2 Drivers’)
RECORD: Most poles achieved by a team in a season (2011)
OVERALL: Sebastian Vettel
100 RACE STARTS (26 before Red Bull Racing, 74 with)
26 WINS
46 PODIUMS
36 POLES
15 FASTEST LAPS
1046 POINTS
2 DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS
RECORD: Most poles achieved by a driver in a season (2011)
RECORD: Most laps led by a driver in a season (2011)
RECORD: Youngest Formula One driver to achieve pole position
RECORD: Youngest driver to win a Formula One race
RECORD: Youngest driver to win the Drivers’ Championship
OVERALL: Mark Webber
195 RACE STARTS (86 before Red Bull Racing, 109 with)
9 WINS
34 PODIUMS
11 POLES
14 FASTEST LAPS
836.5 POINTS