By Emanuele Venturoli| Posted July 28, 2025 | In Formula 1
By Emanuele Venturoli| Posted July 28, 2025 | In Formula 1
With an extraordinary competitive cycle in recent seasons, Oracle Red Bull Racing has consolidated its position as one of the reference platforms for global brand partnerships in Formula 1.
On-track excellence – driven by the talent of Max Verstappen and by a highly efficient technical structure – is mirrored by a remarkably sophisticated commercial architecture. The Milton Keynes organisation operates one of the deepest and most diversified partnership portfolios in the paddock, built around performance, innovation and worldwide relevance. This is not a simple accumulation of logos. It is a coordinated business ecosystem in which every partner is selected for strategic alignment and operational contribution.
The team has gone through a phase of internal transformation over the past seasons, including organisational adjustments and the preparation for a new technical cycle starting in 2026, with in-house power unit development via Red Bull Powertrains.
Despite this structural evolution, the stability and growth of the commercial platform have remained intact. The continuity of results and the competitive consistency delivered by Verstappen have played a central role in reinforcing partner confidence and long-term engagement.
At the centre of this new phase stands the long-term agreement with Oracle, a cornerstone alliance designed to support the team well beyond the current regulatory cycle.
It is impossible to analyze the commercial and sporting success of Oracle Red Bull Racing without acknowledging the decisive role of its parent company, Red Bull. The Austrian company is not only the one that gives colors and name to the team, but also its direct owner: a hybrid and revolutionary model in the world of modern motorsport.
This dual role – sponsor and manufacturer – represents a unique strategic vision that has redefined the boundaries between marketing and sports performance. Red Bull has built a global sports platform ranging from Formula 1 to MotoGP, via rally, motocross, extreme sports, esports, and Olympic disciplines, becoming an absolute benchmark in contemporary sports marketing.
The brand’s commitment to racing has always been extraordinary: not only in terms of investment and visibility, but also in the discovery and development of young talent. The Red Bull Junior Academy has launched some of F1’s brightest careers, including that of Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo. In this, Red Bull has demonstrated not only foresight, but a deep understanding of the sports narrative and the value of talent over time.
Oracle Red Bull Racing‘s portfolio of sponsors is the result of an evolved business strategy and clear positioning: performance, innovation and global communication. Each partner is chosen for value affinity and concrete contribution, in an integrated system that goes far beyond mere visibility. From technology to apparel, from fuels to e-commerce, Red Bull Racing confirms itself as one of the most effective and desired marketing platforms on the international sports scene.
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Emanuele Venturoli holds a degree in Public, Political and Institutional Communication from the University of Bologna. He has built his professional career at the intersection of marketing and sport, with hands-on experience in both basketball and motorsport. He is passionate about motorsport, design and literature, and focuses on helping brands create effective and meaningful partnerships in high-performance sporting environments.
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By doing so, we are convinced that we are shortening the value chain, saving time and money. However, these DYI methods are anything but risk-free and what initially appears to be a competitive advantage soon turns into a problem that is difficult to resolve. That’s why there are agencies. And this is why you should rely on us for your sponsorships.
When first approaching a motorsport sponsorship project, it is difficult to know immediately which stakeholders are correct, what the decision flow is, and what the right timelines are for each process. Motorsport is a very specialized field of action, and fitting effectively into its paths can take a lot of time and therefore money. We, on the other hand, know referents and spheres of action and know who to talk to, when and how. So you are also more effective.
Motorsport is an immense passion, and for our heart colors we would be willing to do anything. But business is a different business, and it is important to make the best possible strategic decisions based on independent research, statistics and reliable data. A motorsport sponsorship agency like RTR has an objective, 360-degree picture of the scenario and can tell you what is really best for you: which racing series, which athlete, which team. This is because we possess a great deal of data and information on ratings, segmentation and attitudes. Because the numbers don’t lie. Never.
Activations are the real heart of motorsport sponsorship. Without them, there remains only a blank sticker on a motorcycle, car or uniform and no contact with the public, no emotional connection, no impact on the bottom line. Then how do you do it? It certainly won’t be the teams or the athletes who will help you leverage sponsorship and enjoy the many marketing rights you have paid for. To bring out the best in a motorsport marketing project, you need an agency that knows how to use sponsorship to engage the fanbase online, to reach out to Shopping Centers, to organize hospitality, to develop B2B and B2C opportunities, and to get “your” athletes in front of millions of potential consumers.
Would you ever go to the dealer who sold you the car and ask if the competitor’s car is better? No, of course. So, how do you expect to get firm measurements of the effectiveness of your sponsorship if you do not rely on someone super partes? At RTR, we have always worked with independent third-party agencies that allow us to know the return on any exposure of your brand on TV and in the media. In addition, we believe in calculating ROI as the ultimate measure of your success-so we can tell you for every penny you spend how much you are making.
We have been involved in motorsport sponsorship and sports marketing for more than 15 years. We are consultants in the sense that our goal is to maximize your investment, but we are also an agency that manages the project from start to finish. We have been doing this since 1995 with passion and professionalism, following three principles that have become cornerstones of our business: independence, verticality and transparency.
I would like to highlight the fact that one of the qualities of RTR is its great ability to approach the sponsorship scenario strategically, together with its passionate attitude, its amazing enthusiasm for solving problems, and its high level of professionalism.
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Francois Ribeiro
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Passion and Expertise are the features that I have found in RTR since the very beginning. Serious and reliable professionals but also very helpful, nice and open-mind people, willing to listen and compare different ideas. All the values in which RTR believes make this agency a partner, not just a supplier, a partner with whom we have had the opportunity to achieve significant commercial results in term of success and image.
Luca Pacitto
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Lucio Cecchinello
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