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| Founded | 2001; 25 years ago (2001) |
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| Base | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Guillaume Rocquelin (Head of Driver Academy) |
| Current drivers | Red Bull Junior Team FIA Formula 2  Nikola TsolovFIA Formula 3  Mattia Colnaghi Ernesto Rivera Fionn McLaughlinEurocup-3  Enzo TarnvanichkulFormula 4  Scott Kin Lindblom Chiara Bättig Rocco CoronelGinetta Junior Melvin KalousdianRed Bull Academy Programme F1 Academy  Alisha Palmowski Rafaela Ferreira |
| Website | https://www.redbull.com/int-en/juniorteam |
TheRed Bull Junior Team is adriver development programme operated by Austrian conglomerate companyRed Bull GmbH to identify and develop talent inopen-wheel racing. Members of the Junior Team are financed and sponsored by Red Bull inkart racing andjunior formulae.
The programs have been successful in bringing a selection of drivers intoFormula One. Five graduates—Sebastian Vettel,Daniel Ricciardo,Max Verstappen,Pierre Gasly andCarlos Sainz Jr.—have won aFormula One Grand Prix, whilst Vettel and Verstappen have won theWorld Drivers' Championship a combined eight times. Red Bull owns two teams in Formula One,Red Bull Racing andRacing Bulls.
TheRed Bull Junior Team was also the name ofRSM Marko, a team that competed inInternational Formula 3000 between 1999 and 2003, sponsored by Red Bull and run byHelmut Marko.
The Red Bull Junior Team was formed in 2001 as Red Bull's European driver programme. Red Bull offers funding and support for the promising young drivers that are part of the programme. In 2004,Christian Klien became the first Red Bull Junior to race in Formula One, while in 2008,Sebastian Vettel became the first Red Bull Junior to win a Formula One Grand Prix, theItalian Grand Prix. Two years later, in2010, Vettel became the first Red Bull Junior graduate to win the Formula One World Championship.
The similarRed Bull Driver Search, now ended, was an American spin-off of the same idea held in 2005. In 2024, Red Bull formed a separate programme called theRed Bull Academy Programme to support the team'sF1 Academy drivers.
| Driver | Years | Current Series | Titles as Red Bull Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enzo Tarnvanichkul[1] | 2023– | Eurocup-3 | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
| Rocco Coronel[2] | 2024– | Formula Winter Series F4 Spanish Championship | Ginetta Junior Championship (2025) |
| Scott Kin Lindblom[3] | 2024– | UAE4 Series F4 British Championship | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
| Fionn McLaughlin[3] | 2024– | Formula Regional Oceania Trophy FIA Formula 3 Championship | F4 British Championship (2025) |
| Ernesto Rivera[2] | 2024– | Formula Regional Oceania Trophy FIA Formula 3 Championship | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
| Nikola Tsolov[4] | 2025– | FIA Formula 2 Champsionship | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
| Chiara Bättig[5] | 2025– | Formula Winter Series F4 British Championship | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
| Mattia Colnaghi[6][7] | 2025– | FIA Formula 3 Championship | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
| Melvin Kalousdian[8] | 2026– | Ginetta Junior Championship | None as Red Bull Junior Team member |
This list includes drivers who have graduated from the Junior Team toToro Rosso,AlphaTauri andRacing Bulls but have not raced for Red Bull Racing. Former Red Bull Junior Team drivers who have driven for both Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri/RB and Red Bull Racing appear on the Graduates to Red Bull Racing table.
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Red Bull Driver Search was an American spin-off run from 2002 to 2005 in parallel with the Red Bull Junior Team. Its aim was "Searching for the future American F1 Champion".[39] The winner wasScott Speed, who went on to compete in F1 from 2006–2007 forToro Rosso.
In 2024, Red Bull set up theRed Bull Academy Programme to support the team'sF1 Academy drivers.[40][41] F1 Academy was founded by Formula One as aFormula 4–level racing series aimed at developing and preparing young female drivers to progress to higher levels of competition.[42]
| Driver | Years | F1 Academy titles as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
|---|---|---|
 Amna Al Qubaisi | 2024 | None as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
| Hamda Al Qubaisi[43] | 2024 | None as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
| Emely de Heus[44] | 2024 | None as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
 Chloe Chambers[45] | 2025 | None as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
| Rafaela Ferreira[46] | 2025–2026 | None as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
| Alisha Palmowski[47] | 2025–2026 | None as Red Bull Academy Programme member |
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| International Formula 3000 Championship Results[49] | |||||||||
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 1999 | Lola B99/50-Zytek | Enrique Bernoldi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th | ? |
 Markus Friesacher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| Ricardo Mauricio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22nd | |||
| 2000 | Lola B99/50-Zytek | Ricardo Mauricio | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th | 9th |
| Enrique Bernoldi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16th | |||
| 2001 | Lola B99/50-Zytek | Patrick Friesacher | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13th | 5th |
 Antonio García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| Ricardo Mauricio | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8th | |||
| 2002 | Lola B02/50-Zytek | Patrick Friesacher | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10th | 5th |
| Ricardo Mauricio | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11th | |||
| 2003 | Lola B02/50-Zytek |  Vitantonio Liuzzi | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4th | 2nd |
| Patrick Friesacher | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 5th | |||
| Bernhard Auinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
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