Red Bull Junior Team is a selection of drivers chosen by Helmut Marko to join the group of drivers that will be part of the programme leading to the Red Bull Formula 1 seat. It has been implemented since 2003 with Christian Klein, and now it holds a range of drivers like Jüri Vips and Jehan Daruvala.
It’s had a range of successes with drivers like Sebastian Vettel, a 4-time Formula 1 champion, through its ranks and Max Verstappen, a rising Dutchman on charge for a title.
Some famous people that have come up through the Red Bull programme to Formula 1 are:
– Sebastian Vettel
– Max Verstappen
– Daniel Ricciardo
– Jean-Éric Vergne
– Carlos Sainz Jr
– Sébastien Buemi

The current drivers in the academy are:
Driver | Joined In… | Current Series |
Sérgio Sette Câmara | 2016 and 2020 | – |
Jüri Vips | 2018 | Super Formula |
Jack Doohan | 2018 | Formula 3 + Formula 3 Asian |
Dennis Hauger | 2018 | Formula 3 |
Jonny Edgar | 2018 | Formula 4 |
Liam Lawson | 2019 | Formula 3 + Toyota Racing Series |
Yuki Tsunoda | 2019 | Formula 2 + Toyota Racing Series |
Jehan Daruvala | 2020 | Formula 2 |
Jak Crawford | 2020 | Formula 4 |
Igor Fraga | 2020 | Formula 3 |
The previous drivers that were in the academy were:
Driver | Years |
Ricardo Mauricio | 2001-2002 |
Bernhard Auinger | 2001-2003 |
Christian Klien | 2001-2003 |
Patrick Friesacher | 2001-2003 |
Reinhard Kofler | 2001-2004 |
Christopher Wassermann | 2001-2004 |
Sebastian Vettel | 2001-2007 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | 2002-2004 |
Martin Ragginger | 2002-2006 |
Paul Edwards | 2003 |
Grant Maiman | 2003 |
Joel Nelson | 2003 |
Mathias Lauda | 2003-2004 |
Norbert Siedler | 2003-2004 |
Scott Speed | 2003-2005 |
Dominique Claessens | 2004 |
Matt Jaskol | 2004 |
Narain Karthikeyan | 2004 |
Atte Mustonen | 2004 |
Guillermo Rojas | 2004 |
Colin Fleming | 2004-2006 |
Michael Ammermüller | 2004-2007 |
Adrian Zaugg | 2004-2007 |
Neel Jani | 2005 and 2007 |
Jim Ka To | 2005 |
Matías Milla | 2005 |
Teemu Nyman | 2005 |
Philipp Eng | 2005-2006 |
Filipe Albuquerque | 2005-2007 |
John Edwards | 2005-2007 |
Sébastien Buemi | 2005-2008 |
Stefano Coletti | 2005-2008 |
Mikhail Aleshin | 2005-2009 |
Sergey Afanasiev | 2006 |
Nathan Antunes | 2006 |
Yoshitaka Kuroda | 2006 |
Niall Quinn | 2006 |
Oliver Oakes | 2006-2007 |
Edoardo Piscopo | 2006-2007 |
Jaime Alguersuari | 2006-2009 |
Robert Wickens | 2006-2009 |
Brendon Hartley | 2006-2010 |
Pedro Bianchini | 2007 |
Kevin Mirocha | 2007 |
Daniel Morad | 2007 |
Tom Dillmann | 2007-2008 |
Jean-Karl Vernay | 2007-2008 |
Mika Mäki | 2007-2009 |
Daniel Juncadella | 2008-2009 |
Jean-Éric Vergne | 2008-2011 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 2008-2011 |
Mirko Bortolotti | 2009 |
Carlos Sainz Jr | 2010-2014 |
Daniil Kvyat | 2010-2013 |
Alexander Albon | 2012 |
Lewis Williamson | 2012 |
António Félix da Costa | 2012-2013 |
Callan O’Keeffe | 2012-2013 |
Tom Blomqvist | 2013 |
Beitske Visser | 2013 |
Alex Lynn | 2014 |
Max Verstappen | 2014 |
Pierre Gasly | 2014-2017 |
Callum Ilott | 2015 |
Dean Stoneman | 2015 |
Luis Leeds | 2016 |
Niko Kari | 2016-2017 |
Richard Verschoor | 2016-2017 |
Neil Verhagen | 2017-2018 |
Daniel Ticktum | 2017-2019 |
Harry Thompson | 2018-2019 |
Lucas Auer | 2019 |
Patricio O’Ward | 2019 |