Talk:Red Bull Racing
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[edit] Chassis Information
I edited the chassis information to align with what is stated in Scuderia_Toro_Rosso#Car.
[edit] Material on other teams
In common with a few other articles, this one contains a fair amount of information on not only Red Bull's immediate predecessor (jaguar), but also the iteration before that (Stewart). I tend to feel that this is unecessary and leads to a lot of duplication across the articles. I propose that a short reference to Jaguar's demise and Red Bull's purchase of the team is sufficient, together with the link to the Jag article, which covers the previous history. I'd like to delete the extra material from this article, pasting anything that is not already there into the Jag or Stewart articles. Any views? 4u1e 18:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
OK - I've copied relevant stuff to the Jag article. What I propose therefore is deleting the first two paras, which are not especially relevant to RB itself: "The history of the team started with Jackie Stewart's Stewart Formula One team in 1997. The Stewart team had become quite competitive by 1999, winning a race in its own right in its final year. Ford, as part of its global marketing operations, bought the team outright and renamed it Jaguar Racing; Jaguar is a premium car company owned by Ford. However, during the years of Ford's ownership, the team was unable to revive its performances of 1999. The team's inconsistent results are generally attributed to a high turnover rate with team management. In Jaguar's five-year tenure, it withstood three management shakeups, including names such as triple world champion Niki Lauda and CART champion Bobby Rahal, as well as an abortive attempt to lure McLaren's incumbent technical director, Adrian Newey.
Jaguar's Formula One parent company, Ford, issued a polite ultimatum as part of a reduction in sport involvement internationally. In particular, because Jaguar did not advertise the core Ford brand, there was little return of value from the enormous amount of money invested, so funding was reduced from Ford itself. Ford chose to sell the operation near the end of 2004 despite a more consistent showing in its previous two years." 4u1e 06:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Done, as of the 10th, I think. 4u1e 12 April 2006
I just fixed up an ambiguous line of "Red Bull being seen as politically close to Ferrari" by explaining the reasons why. Ian X490 10:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ze French are Hacking!
Looks like there are some French visitors who aren't too happy with Red Bull's latest PR stunt. Here is a link: http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/53053&type=news&id=53053 Also, RBR has taken the press release down so I cannot find it on their website anymore.
Anyway, just keep an eye out for people changing things maliciously around here. --MattDell 13:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Entry into NASCAR
Red Bull is entering in a team for the Nextel/Sprint Cup series beginning in 2007. Should we be adding some info on the new team?
I think we leave it as Red Bull Racing is the F1 team. Ian X490 10:41, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Red Bull is entering NASCAR, but that information belongs in the Team Red Bull article. I think a disambiguation link may be in order, but the information belongs in separate articles.Mustang6172 20:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Austrian Nationality
Can somebody add some sources to the Austrian licence claim?VincentG 03:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Red bull racing logo.JPG
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