Newcastle Red Bulls: Energy drinks titan can lead rugby renaissance in north August 12, 2025 Red Bull has been tipped to lead a rugby “renaissance in a football heartland” after purchasing Prem Rugby team Newcastle Falcons and enacting a rebrand. Newcastle Red Bulls will join a wider sporting portfolio which includes a Formula 1 team and a string of majority – such as Leipzig – and minority – including Leeds [...]
Newcastle: Club taken over and will become Newcastle Red Bulls August 12, 2025 Energy drinks giant Red Bull has taken over Newcastle with the club to play under Newcastle Red Bulls branding. The Prem Rugby club had been teetering on the edge of financial crisis with former owner Semore Kurdi putting the club on the market for £1. But the major brand has stepped in to take over [...]
Red Bull sack Christian Horner in major Formula 1 shock July 9, 2025 Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has been sacked by the reigning Formula 1 championship winning team after 20 years in the role. Horner has held his post since the team’s formation in 2005, and oversaw dominant periods for drivers Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel in a tenure that saw six Constructors‘ and eight Drivers’ [...]
McLaren, Williams, Ferrari and Aston Martin take over London as F1 surges in popularity June 29, 2025 On Sunday 6 July over 100,000 Formula 1 racing fans will descend on Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. This in itself is no surprise given the history and heritage that comes with the Northamptonshire track’s association with the highest level of motor racing in the world. But in a nod to the wider mass [...]
The Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway buys into SailGP team May 27, 2025 Star of The Devil Wears Prada and Ocean’s 8 Anne Hathaway has become the latest celebrity to buy into SailGP. The actress has joined a consortium led by Assia Grazioli Venier, the co-founder of Muse Capital and youngest ever board member at Juventus, in buying into the Italian sailing team. She follows footballer Kylian Mbappe’s [...]
Red Bull diluted: Energy drink giant reduces stake in Leeds United May 21, 2025 Red Bull’s stake in Leeds United has reduced to below 10 per cent after the German energy drinks company declined the opportunity to invest in the issue of £120m of new shares ahead of the club’s return to the Premier League. The new funding has been provided by members of the 100-strong consortium of investors [...]
Zak Brown admits cynically using Red Bull F1 Horner investigation April 2, 2025 McLaren team principal Zak Brown has admitted to cynically using Red Bull’s 2024 investigation of Christian Horner to destabilise their Formula 1 rivals. Horner was accused of sending inappropriate messages to a Red Bull colleague, something he denied and was cleared of by an independent investigation last year. The news played a part in the [...]
Tsunoda to be promoted to Red Bull F1 as Lawson relegated March 26, 2025 Liam Lawson is set to be brutally relegated on the Formula 1 grid from Red Bull to junior team Racing Bulls. The move comes after Yuki Tsunoda was last year overlooked for the seat after Sergio Perez was let go as world champion Max Verstappen’s partner at the team. Tsunoda is set to replace Lawson [...]
Boost for UK industry as another F1 team heads to ‘motorsport valley’ February 4, 2025 Sauber will become the next Formula 1 team to open a base in the UK’s “motorsport valley” as Audi prepares to enter the sport in 2026. The Swiss-based team has struggled to recruit top engineering talent from other teams due to its base on the continent. They’ll join the likes of Mercedes, Red Bull and [...]
Full Formula 1 grid as Isack Hadjar joins to complete 2025 line up December 19, 2024 All seats on the 2025 Formula 1 grid have been filled after Liam Lawson was confirmed as Sergio Perez’s replacement at Red Bull Racing with Isack Hadjar replacing the Kiwi at RB. Mexican Perez was sacked on Wednesday after a 2024 season where he consistently finished below par in comparison to his teammate Max Verstappen. [...]