@lazycouchpotato @formula1 Why does Red Bull get two teams? Nobody has answered that for me.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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The best answer is basically "it was a different time back then". You can look into the history of Minardi and the Red Bull purchase if you like, but it wasn't seen as a problem at the time. They wouldn't be allowed to were it to happen now I'm pretty sure, but they've kind of been grandfathered in at this point.
Exactly, and similar to the Ferrari bonus pay, it's just become difficult to address at this point, so everyone kind of accepts it.
Very similar situation yeah. The Red Bull purchase of Minardi was at a time when finances were vastly different, Formula 1 was a one-way ticket to losses and everyone were mostly just happy to have the team stay on the grid and not dissolve.
It was financially different because FOM refused to establish a cost cap. So instead of introducing a solution that would allow Minardi to not only stay alive but to compete on an equal playing field, they fed them to the deep pockets of Mateschitz.
Capitalism!
Because they pay the fee to participate with a second team?
Money is king
And tbf the Minardi team would have most likely disappeared completely if Red Bull had not bought it back then
Ferrari and Haas have a very similar deal, they just aren't as obvious about it.
I wonder if people are gonna keep making this comparison when Haas is rolling with a Toyota logo all overโฆ why can't people just admit that Red Bull is the only competitor allowed to control 2 teams?