Oracle Red Bull Racing Wins F1 World Constructors’ Championship with Support from Honda as Team Partner
TOKYO, Japan, October 24, 2022 – Oracle Red Bull Racing clinched the Formula 1 (F1) Constructors’ Championship at the United States Grand Prix, the 19th round of the 2022 FIA*1 Formula 1 World Championship, held on October 23, with Max Verstappen winning the race, and Sergio Perez finishing in 4th place. Together with the Drivers’ Championship clinched by Verstappen in the 18th round at the Japanese Grand Prix, the team earned the double crown for the 2022 season.
*1 Fédération Internationale de lʼAutomobile
Oracle Red Bull Racing is competing in F1 this season using a power unit Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT)*2 supplies with technical support from Honda Racing Corporation (HRC). So far this season, the team has demonstrated outstanding performance and won 15 races, starting from the second round at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, including eight consecutive wins, to clinch the drivers’ and constructors’ double title with three rounds remaining in this season.
*2 A Red Bull Group company that produces F1 power units.
Honda and RBPT have already agreed that, through HRC, Honda will provide technical support for RBPT related to F1 power units through the end of the 2025 season. Therefore, Oracle Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri are planning to compete in F1 using machines equipped with power units with technical support from HRC.