Overview
- The glossy blue RB22 livery nods to the team’s 2005 debut and features prominent Ford branding tied to the new collaboration.
- Red Bull showed a show car only, with the actual RB22 and its running power unit set to appear at a private Barcelona shakedown on January 26–30 before Bahrain testing in February.
- Red Bull Powertrains’ first unit is named DM01 in tribute to founder Dietrich Mateschitz, team technical staff confirmed.
- Team principal Laurent Mekies warned the squad expects early difficulties and to be trailing rivals as it debuts its homegrown hybrid under sweeping 2026 rules.
- Max Verstappen leads the lineup alongside promoted teammate Isack Hadjar, while sister team Racing Bulls revealed its look and confirmed Liam Lawson with rookie Arvid Lindblad.