Ranking every Red Bull F1 car
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- Red Bull’s Formula 1 history is a blur of blue, red and yellow liveries, world championship glory and Adrian Newey genius.
That makes it difficult to differentiate between the classics, the dogs and the ‘merely’ good cars it has produced.
But The Race is equal to that challenge and we have ranked all 19 of its F1 cars from worst to best.
This is not only based on the obvious metrics such as championships won and race victories, but also the pace relative to rest, their significance in F1 history and their place in the Red Bull F1 story.
The result is an order that contains a few surprises, showcasing what Red Bull has done right and wrong over the past 20 or so years.
00:00 Intro
00:16 Number 19
01:16 Number 18
02:30 Number 17
03:09 Number 16
04:07 Number 15
04:48 Number 14
05:46 Number 13
06:43 Number 12
07:38 Number 11
08:27 Number 10
09:30 Number 9
10:17 Number 8
11:13 Number 7
12:20 Number 6
13:16 Number 5
14:17 Number 4
15:29 Number 3
16:25 Number 2
17:24 Number 1
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Putting the terrible RB4 in the top 10 ahead of other race winning cars is complete madness.
I think it was ranked higher by the virtue of how the Toro Rosso version performed. It's probably fair if this were a chassis ranking as I think the chassis was actually quite good but a car is the whole package and it's a fact that the RB4 underperformed. It should have been lower.
Fr. I was questioning how race winning cars were ranked so low
You forgot the clone STR3 use same chasis with Ferrari year-old engine which give Seb first win.
@@PaladinNL5I think it’s about how they perform relative to expectations otherwise this list would just be sorted by who got the most wins
definitely- it should be in the lowest spots
This channel is better than the official F1 channel.
if that were true they would make a video about all teams, for example how op mercedes were and show a “winning margin graphic” for 2014-16 19, 20, just like they did for redbull 2023 car lol….
@@sebastianbuse4899 I'm sure if The Race had been around during Mercedes domination they would have. But they weren't, so they haven't. I notice you arguing they should do one for the Ferrari F2002, the Williams FW14B or McLaren MP4/4, which were just as dominant?
The official channel is about racing and not technical stuff.
Yeah, it really is. After a race, this is always the channel I go to for the after race podcast analysis. The technical side of these guys is much more in depth than the F1 channel.
@@sebastianbuse4899they have done videos on all the dominate Era cars.
Honda seriously changed their prospects. It was the key
Such a shame Honda didn't make up their mind in time which forces RB to commit to their own engine programme.
I have bad feeling with this move from them.
I mean two different CEOs let’s be honest
I mean two different CEOs. Let’s be honest, one hit the panic button.
And the other one knew exactly what he wanted, but it takes time to reverse a course like this Unfortunately enough
And Toshihiro Mibe was only appointed CEO of Honda in April 2021 and it takes a good amount of time to reverse their
Even if Honda announced in 2021 that they were staying the earliest that Toshihiro Mibe Could’ve announced a project to continue with F1 would’ve been at Least been between October and December 2021
But then again, maybe if he had the support of all the board members and other people he might’ve been able to do it earlier, but still by the time that Toshihiro Mibe took over at Honda It would’ve been at least 2 to 3 months before he could’ve reversed. Any decisions unfortunately
As by any time that these decisions were finally set in place, Redbull would’ve already started construction on their engine facility, and would most likely have wanted to do some work in house, and Honda would’ve rather kept as much as they can under their control, which is understandable
@@McDonnellDouglasMD-- this is the problem with corporation and racing
@@Karozy4869 Don't underestimate Ford. They have a deep history in F1, I expect greatness.
@@vandalsgarageSame. I think RedBull & Ford will be a power house.
I would argue the RB16 outranks all of Red Bull's previous efforts in the turbo hybrid era up to that point as it saw Max on the podium 11 times in 17 races. They were slightly unlucky in that Mercedes had a monstrous jump in performance that year in response to Ferrari's dodgy 2019 PU, and the postponed season start allowed Mercedes to refine their initial issues with what turned out to be one of the greatest car of all time.
Yeah, if it wasn't for his very bad luck Max would've beaten Bottas that year. I think he needed one more P5 finish or something to do it.
The high rake RB-16B looks so good. It has the same sense of aggression and speed even sitting still as the Soviet MiG-23 fighter. You just take 1 look at it and go, "Oh, yeah that car goes FAST!"
But wasn't the MiG-23 just an overpowered hunk of steel that was rushed to completeion in fear of the Valkyrie (Which then never entered service)? Or am I confusing MiGs here?
EDIT: I looked it up to be sure, and I did indeed confuse MiGs. The one I am referring to is the MiG-25, NOT the 23.
@@sebastianahrens2385 Worth pointing out, the only quality of the MiG-23 I'm making reference to is the appearance.
@@sebastianahrens2385 I mean, MiG-25 while it was a very bad fighter, it was a great interceptor so it did it's job. The RB-16B also did it's job by winning Max his first title.
😂😂😂😂🤣😭
@@garbage2882 You guys are missing the point.
`I challenge you to rank every Ferrari car… (`before Peter Brook does it.. XD )
Dude is an absolute legend
@@jamesj199789 Absolute animal.
The high rake Red Bulls look a little goofy out of context, but in person, at the track, they looked absolutely menacing. Like a wild animal about to pounce.
The fact that the RB19 didn’t take any design queues, or don anything to create a rule change, is what makes me think it’s the most dominant F1 car ever. There are no black marks or asterisks on the car. Just Max delivering in a car that was superior to others. Man and machine in harmony
Edd always narrates the best videos from this channel
agreed
I think Edd Straw also wrote this video. He is the only one on the team that respects Red Bull and isn’t kissing Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton’s starfish.
@@SilverScarletSpider think they have a writer and are able to change some words around.
That was a bloody excellent video chaps nice one
I can’t wait for the race to do a Haas or Toro Rosso version of this video
The Race Never miss . I’ve been waiting for this . Now could we get this for every time .
I would definitely appreciate a Toro Rosso version of this video. What unique challenges and designs did the sister team have?
It looks like the 2026 cars are going to be struggling from an engine power standpoint but hopefully Adrian is already designing other ways to minimise that likely deficiency elsewhere…
Nope f**** that there gonna win until 2026 then hopefully someone other than Mercedes and red bull will take over and the two team domination era will be over
What makes you think that
@@harry4454 2026 ICE units will have a lower output, while the electric bits get more power (but can't be used at full blast or for extended periods of time).
@@harry4454 3 words:
Ford Motor Company.
RB16B might not have been as dominant as some of the other ones here but my god is it my favorite. The livery, the design, the now history, and especially with the white thank you Honda livery… absolute beauty.
You should rank every Haas car. Just to fully illustrate to F1 fans and Gene Haas why they need more money and deserve to be sold to Andretti. Gene is trying to kill his F1 team and his team’s driver’s careers.
so did frank williams then
@@ACougarSwagnum I agree with your assessment. Frank Williams was pathetic towards the end and earned/deserved last place every single year.
probably so, but pride in something you built isn't the worst thing in the world@@SilverScarletSpider
@@ACougarSwagnumNot when it destroys your creation.
dam bro that hits the feels@@darrenjohn8524
Those types of videos that set the standards for The Race to be the biggest channel for motorsport. Amazing
Amazing looking back at the rake angle of the rb11.
I still remember when Vettel first moved to RB from Toro Rosso and was having setback after setback from scoring decent points and felt he was better off back at STR, glad RB felt that embarrassment
@LongHaulGamingHD1 2009? Vettel won the third race... I think he came second to Button in the WDC...
Astonishing report Edd ❤❤❤
I love the look of the high rake red bulls. They just look menacing
List is interesting. I might drop the RB4 though and push the RB9 to 4th but yes...
The perfect Red Bull F1 car would be an Infiniti sponsored purple & blue car in the ground effect era powered by Honda & driven by Max Verstappen & Sebastian Vettel.
Yep and also imagine seb in his prime especlly in the 2011 and 2013 and max as teamate in the RB19 😊
It's a shame that a lot of so-called F1 fans can't appreciate what an amazing car the RB19 is, just because it always beat the drivers they like.
The racing's as good as it's ever been in the sport, but the "fans" are the worst.
Yeah I agree. Unfortunately that cost cap thing got them in over their heads
The only weakness of Redbull cars is their Engine, glad honda came and fixed that weakness,
Look Vettel era when almost all engines had the same power even a bad Renault engine could make RedBull win the championship. Red BUll have many best driver talent in the whole grid
This is how good competition looks like and shows that all teams but Mercedes seem to get along with each other very well. I wish Mercedes would be more chill and be part of it.
9:29 This is my favorite Red Bull car. Thank you Honda
This video would've been far better paced if they went in chronological order, discussed changes in design and performance and rated the cars that way instead of going from RB 2 to RB 11 to RB3...
My favorite team since I started watching back in high school. Not bad for an energy drink company, I've gotta say!
Enjoyed the video - for anyone interested in a walk through history - thoroughly recommend Newey’s book “How to Build a Car” and its a perfect audio book
It's nice to see this summary. I've long wondered if you could accuse a Newey-designed Red Bull as ever being fundamentally weak from an aero persepctive*, and I think this video generally shows that you can't. For those that didn't have perfect aero, it seems largely due to mitigating circumstances.
*or, from another point of view, that the overall performance of their cars have been more heavily impacted by poor engine performance, rather than aero and chassis issues.
The Race and me, both are out of content and bored as hell about the lack of any F1 shenanigans.
Stay strong, The Race. Only a few more weeks.
I remember James Allen tipping RB to win the 2017 championship.
Poaching this team of reporters away from auto sport was one of the best moves for f1 media in YEARS. Now I can’t even envision f1 WITHOUT the race.
Rb9 as number 6 is a crime. Should be number 3 behind the rb18 and rb19 with the speed it had in comparison to competitors and the sheer success it achieved
This is a good ranking. My only issue is the RB9 and RB13. The RB13 may have been unreliable but was wicked fast on its day. I don't think it deserved that low of a ranking. Also, the RB9 is one of the greatest designs in f1 history. That being said the RB6 is underappreciated
Id put the rb6 in 2nd spot. It gave Red Bull its first championship, brought back the exhaust blown diffuser era that was the story of the early 2010s. It’s blown diffuser combined with the double diffuser made the rb6 a downforce monster
I think the reliability did play a part in its positioning because it did have problems that season
RB7 was better. As was the RB9
RB6 also had a pace advantage not seen since Williams FW13, its average qualifying was greater than that of any RB car.
@@wroomwroomboy123 RB7 was better
RB9 not being at least top 3 is crazy
Amazing video. Now do one with Ferrari. 🤣🤣🤣
RB16B my favorite among them all
Gotta feel sorry for Daniel, didn't get to drive a proper championship winning car, but somehow pulled 7 wins out of the bag
Yes I guess that was before RB banned the number two driver from overtaking Max..
Daniel could have stayed at Red Bull.
@@philtucker1224 You people look at a team where the entrenched driver got upset by a younger, faster one multiple times, and come to the conclusion they have rigid driver roles. How did Daniel embarrass Vettel in 2014 if Red Bull played that kind of game? How did Verstappen start outqualifying and outpacing Ricciardo over a season by 2017 if Daniel had been favored over Vettel?
F1 is like that in general, you can feel sorry for a whole bunch of people.
Like Leclerc for example
I always think what would he have done with 2021 car
The only thing this video was lacking was Seb’s nicknames for his cars!
I agree, it would been a fun detail to include. Kinky Kylie and Abbey are the only two that I remember. Do you know all of the nicknames off the top of your head?
@@SilverScarletSpiderOff the top of my head the only one I recall was Kinky Kylee…..was that the RB7? I forget
@@ninetres187 It was - the RB6 was Luscious Liz and the RB5 was Kate's Dirty Sister
Please upload this video in chronological order.
Some viewers would prefer it, and it wouldnt take much effort!
It would be an ideal release for a 2nd channel....
Cmon Edd. This is our year. Last year I managed to lose 14kg. It wasn't my target, but it's something. I challenge you to do a body transformation much like I did last year. This is our year!
You could have said the year of each car because the chassis names alone become a bit of a blur especially with Red Bull's erm consistent liveries
The development race was one of the best part of f1 and I know it still exists but it’s not a radical any more
It would've been nice if the championship year number was put next to the RB number in the video so people can easily remember which car you're talking about
For me i will prefer the Red Bull RB19 because it looks amazing
How is the Rb9 in 6th, 9 race wins in a row??????
Because that car was only really dominant in the second half of the season when Merc stopped developing their car to focus on 2014 and RB kept up their development rate.
@@areebsiddiqui758 So exactly like the RB18? The RB9 was easily more dominant than the RB18 on pure pace yet it‘s ranked 6th.
i think because part of the dominance came after introducing new tyres that suited them and solved their problems
@@Reaz399in vettels hands, not a competent driver like webber
Can't wait for you guys to rank Ferrari cars
i think the list should be revealed by the year, not the placement. because it is abit confusing for me to understand. it may not be that confusing for people that followed rb for so many years, but it is for me.
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But i prefer Battery.
Do it with Mercedes next
Do an average pace advantage between the top teams during the last 15 years to see the real dominant cars.
There's also reliability
2009 Brawn GP (in the 1st half of the season), 2011 and 2013 Red Bull, Mercedes in 2014 2015 2016 2019 2020, Red Bull in 2023. These were the DOMINANT ones
@@giuseppemaggio5894 by how much percentage wise per lap they were quicker? That´s the question, I know there were dominant cars in the past too.
I suspect that the Redbull was not as dominant compared to other dominant cars. This can give us a measure of how much it was the car and how much was it because of the driver!
RB19 was just 🤯😂
Please do a ferrari one 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Now we need this about Ferrari
Interesting..
I miss vettel in F1. Hope he comes back as a team boss one day.
You forgot about the RB17.😉
Rb9 and rb7 Obviously the best cars of rb
I miss Renault RedBull pairing
could the next one be about every ferrari??
I'd like to see a top 10 worst cars list from Williams, Team Enstone and McLaren - all have had some absolute stinkers in the last 20 years. They've done it with Ferrari, why not the other three teams mentioned?
Now do one for Ferrari!
The 2008 RB4 is my favourite RB. It had a great chassis but a lacking engine, lacking reliability and lacking piece of luck
Lacking Max?
RB16B underrated
Props to Newey for turning a painfully average car that was miles off Merc into a genuine championship contender the following year.
The rb6 still faster than the rb19 though even without hybrid power and bigger wings
It's not.
Maybe on mid, fast and low speed corners but overall... Nah
Rb13 were good if you look at number 3 driver but yea it was unrelaiable
Now all they need to do is figure out how to win Singapore with RB20 and every other race and they will reach their final form
That's why Red Bull is bigger than Ferrari😎
Ferrari next
While detailed as ever, this list is a bit false. Everything before 09 was midfield machinery while everything 09 onwards was top level, even the few bad ones in the mid 10s were way better then anything pre 09.
Next time put the year after the name of the car please, I got lost until you say witch year the car raced.
And what did every year have in common??
It's clear what is happening there, money.
Greed is taking over and all else goes out the window. Integrity is for sale in F1.
Is the hungry one still hungry?
We know that about a few weeks
So the Rb10 was a better car than the Rb12 ,intresting.
The best Vettel era cars were weapons
Why is the rb4 so high? Many cars ranked lower won races on pace, this didn‘t
Its high because of the Toro Rosso variant in the hands of Vettel and it was an improvement on the RB3 especially in terms of reliability
Imagine RB without newey
I cant work out how these positions were worked out all. Seem to make no sense
RB9 for me, is the best Redbull car. RB19 only won so many races because the competition wasn't up to it. In the RB9 era, the competition was extremely close but it still won so many races.
Saw the RB18 at number 3 and started laughing. In what world is that car in the top 3 given that it wasn‘t even the best car for the first half of the season? Heavy Max 🐐 tax
From Baku onwards it was easily the best car.
In a world where it wins 17 out of 22 races lol!
@@TheSt1092 No it wasn‘t. It was factually slower on average quali pace and barely faster on average race pace over the season. The RB18 isn‘t a top 3 RB car.
The RB in 2010,11,13 and 23 were all much more dominant, Vettel simply has always been a bum who almost bottled 2 championships in rocketships.
A car that won 17 out of 22 races should be considered one of the best ever? Give over mate. Race pace i it was the best by a fair chunk.@@Reaz399
@@Reaz399 2018 Red Bull had only a handful of of DNFs, so it was super reliable, and it won 17 out of 22 races, and even a bang average driver like Perez would've gotten 2nd if he didn't make mistakes for a lot of races.
Qualifying Pace
Look at how many cars were held back by underpowered and unreliable engines. Honda largely solved that issue by itself, and now we see what is possible when the team doesn't have one hand tied behind it's back.
2023:
3 races won by over 30 seconds.
8 races won by over 20 seconds.
13 races won by over 10 seconds.
This, on an era where cars are so tighten by rules that the gap between their performances isn't anywhere near as large as previous eras. And yet it still completely trashed the other teams in almost every single race. In fact, the reason why it didn't had 15 or more wins by over 20 seconds was because safety cars were doing their thing and Max when he was in front was cruising, but even while cruising he was lapping faster than the others giving their 100%.
By faaaaaar the most dominant car in the history of the sport. It wasn't the most dominant in Qualifying, but what matters is the pace in the race. And in that regard, it was, and it was also, on top of this raw pace dominance, completely reliable, not having a single DNF during the season over reliability issues.
The W11 could take Pouhon flat. Imagine what a real driver could have done in that car 😱
Average Gap will still lower than 2014-2016 merc
@@SiegfriedDerDrachentoter Yeah, but the 2014 and 2016 Mercs had reliability issues. RB19 had none. But yes, those Mercs are the closest competitors to it. And also the 2020 Merc.
RB20 has entered the chat*
I think Max being invincible makes these last RBs look way better than they are
Do Ferrari 🤣
I’m not sure this is correct. If you look at the car just through Checo’s performances it’s actually really nothing special. I think you are confusing recent RB18 & 19 car’s performance with the driver’s ability.
The fact a bang average driver like Checo got 2nd in the championship, COMFORTABLY at that, despite Checo performing TERRIBLY this season, just shows how dominant the car was.
21 out of 22 races, get real bro. And the RB18 is the same. It was tight with Ferrari in the 1st half, but was DOMINANT in the 2nd only losing out on Brazil which was still the 2nd fastest car (after Merc that race).
And Checo once again, failed to get 2nd due to his own errors, but yet, still managed to be 3rd just a few points behind Leclerc who is a far faster and better driver but had reliability issues that took a lot of points from him and a couple of driver errors too.
@@grimm6jack okay what you are saying is factual, as I would never ever put Checo above drivers like Alonso or Hamilton in the respect of personal ability. However, I also don’t want to suggest that Verstappen is only where he is just because he happened to have a much faster car than the other Champions, as he is a superb driver regardless of what car he is in.
@@grimm6jack Checo wasn't really that comfortable in getting P2. We also have to take into account that Mercedes, Ferrari, Aston Martin and in the second half McLaren were all stealing points from each other. If one of those cars was a bit better or good throughout the whole season Checo wouldn't have gotten P2.
Definitely not taking credit away from Max.
Max + RB19 combo is IMO the 2nd best driver+car combo of all time.
With only the Seb + RB9 surpassing it. Taking into consideration the gap between their cars and the rest of the field of course.
Checo is a B-tier driver at best. Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton and Max are S-tier. And if I am to rank them across their entire careers (so far) I would say Max is the better driver of them all and Vettel comes 4th, but Vettel IMO had the best peak prime season arguably of all time in 2013. But he isn't as capable as adapting as the other 3 but in a car where he is comfortable in, he's probably the best, another case is the 2017 Ferrari, where I certainly don't see any other driver doing as good as he did that year, making that car with a huge high-speed deficit in comparison to the Merc (which kept getting larger as the season progressed) actually fight for the championship, where he could've likely won if not for the crash in Singapore (unlucky incident with lots of factors to consider) and the reliabilities in Malaysia and Japan.
Peak Prime I would say: Vettel > Max > Alonso > Hamilton
Consistency over several years: Max > Hamilton > Alonso > Vettel
@@grimm6jack That sounds about right.
Now mclaren
Let me guess…. RB19 is no1
Sorry i find i disagree with this list a lot. It feels like some are based on performance, some on results and some on expectations...
2017 car should be better than 2018
Rb6-7-9 only good Red Bull cars
The background music here makes a potentially fascinating video absolutely unwatchable.
For me the RB7 should be top because of it's competition. In 2023 neither Ferrari or Mercedes produced their best efforts but in 2011 McLaren arguably had a car good enough to win the title and Red Bull completely blew it away
RB9 NOT AT LEAST BE TOP 3 IS REALLY DUMP
2008 and 2009 are too high and 2012 and 2013 too low
2021 RB16b being in p7 when it was illegal due to the cost cap and should have been excluded from the season is messed up
Look, I love you former ESPN guys and the current F1 coverage, and I say this as a fan, but you need to change up your samey samey droning ASMR type voices. Put a little spontaneity in it and talk more off the cuff instead of reading from a script. Your voices are almost like elevator music where I don't even hear them anymore. I can sometimes watch/listen to an entire video, and when it ends, I wonder what's one topic they even talked about?
Yeah bc your guys rankings are just known to be top tier lmao, imma not waste 18 minutes of my life
is this ranking based on expectations? because it doesn't seem logical to me.