Verstappen To Stay At Red Bull Through 2020

VERSTAPPEN EXTENDS RED BULL CONTRACT

    Max Verstappen has been confirmed at Red Bull Racing through the 2020 season after extending his contract with the Austrian team.

    It had been rumoured recently that the young Belgian-Dutch driver might be making a potential move to Ferrari in the coming years, but his new Red Bull contract extension quickly put those rumours to rest.

    Verstappen has already won two races this year, the first in Malaysia and the second just a few weeks ago in Mexico. He also has two other podium finishes under his belt this season. With 2 races left of the 2017 season, he's looking at 2 more chances to be holding a trophy before the long Winter break.

    Partnering Verstappen in 2018 will be current team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo's Red Bull contract expires at the end of 2018 and it's rumoured that the team may be letting him go in favour of someone else, although not too many names have been thrown around just quite yet.

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Aston Martin Confirmed As Title Sponsor For Red Bull Racing

RED BULL SECURES ASTON MARTIN AS TITLE SPONSOR

    Aston Martin hasn’t ruled out supplying engines to Formula 1 teams as it reveals it will be Red Bull’s title sponsor in 2018.

    The car manufacturer is stepping up its involvement with Red Bull Racing after starting an “Innovation Partnership” with the team in 2016. More than 100 Aston Martin staff will move to Milton Keynes to work on “innovative, new projects” but it’s understood it that won’t include becoming an engine supplier. Yet.

    “The power unit discussions [in F1] are of interest to us, but only if the circumstances are right,” said Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer. “We are not about to enter an engine war with no restrictions in cost of dynamometer hours but we believe that if the FIA can create the right environment we would be interested in getting involved.”

    Rumours Red Bull is looking for a new engine supplier have spread after sister team Toro Rosso ended its contract with Renault early to move to Honda power.

    Aston Martin has no history in modern F1, but has taken success in the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Red Bull Reveal RB13

RED BULL REVEAL RB13

    Red Bull have launched the car most expected to bring the challenge to Mercedes this season.

    The RB13 marks the team’s 13th season in Formula One and is oddly simplistic for such a highly anticipated car.

    Like all the 2017 cars launched so far, the RB13 features a shark fin on the engine cover. Unlike all the 2017 cars launched so far, Red Bull have opted for an interesting nose. The elongated nose has a hole in the tip.

    Is this the car to challenge Mercedes? Probably not, no.

    We’ve yet to see any of the 2017 cars driven in anger, but it’s widely anticipated Red Bull will be the closest to the Silver Arrows this season. However, the Renault engine could be their let down. The team say their power unit has 900 BHP, whilst Mercedes claim to be close to 1000.

    What’s more, the car Red Bull has launched is most likely missing a lot of areo features, especially in front of the side pods, which we’ll likely not see until testing begins in Barcelona. The car that shows up to race in Melbourne will probably be pretty different to the one we’ve been shown.

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