November 2004: Red Bull bought Jaguar Racing from Ford for a reported $1, on a reported commitment to invest $400M over three years and keep 300 jobs in Milton Keynes. 2009: first Grand Prix win. 2010: Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest champion in F1 history at 23. 2019: pit stop world record, 1.82 seconds. By 2023: 6 constructors’ titles, 100+ race wins, and a $2.6B valuation by Forbes.
Chequered Tales
Music: “The Descent” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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