Having arrived in F.1 in 2005 after purchasing the Jaguar team, Red Bull was the protagonist of a perfect season in 2023. Thanks also to the brilliant intuitions of the designer Andrian Newey, the Milton Keynes team won 21 GPs out of 22, also benefiting from in-house management of the engines after Honda's withdrawal at the end of 2021. Verstappen dominated the drivers' world championship in 2023 and his teammate Perez took second place. In the constructors' championship, Red Bull scored 860 points, 101 more than in 2022.
A chaotic Australian GP didn't stop Max Verstappen from taking his first victory in Melbourne. Starting from pole position with a time of 1'16"732, the Red Bull driver preceded Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin-Mercedes). After the Australian GP, Verstappen was already leading the drivers' championship with 69 points, ahead of teammate Perez (54 points).