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 |
