Dietrich Mateschitz

Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who has died at the age of 78, made an extraordinary impact across the world of motor sport, and not just in ...

Over a collection of images from his F1 career, the Flying Finn shares some cherished memories with MAURICE HAMILTON about his route to the top, annoying Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, and that overtake in Spa… And Lady Luck has played her role this season in helping one driver start an F1 career - but, equally, put an early end to several drivers' title aspirations Exactly half of the 24 tracks featured on the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, in one way or another, bear the fingerprints of Hermann Tilke and his company.

Team principal Christian Horner has hailed the founder of the energy drinks company as 'an incredible man who loved Formula One'

“It is with great sadness that we learned of Dietrich’s death,” said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. Red Bull driver The Austrian billionaire, integral in Red Bull’s involvement in Formula One, had been battling a long-term illness.

Dietrich Mateschitz, co-founder and owner of the Red Bull brand, has died at the age of 78.

Asked what Verstappen’s recent title win would have meant to Mateschitz, Horner added: “Well, thankfully he got to see that. That’s what he did here in F1, proving that you can make a difference. What a great man – he’s few of a kind.

There was no immediate word on where he died or the cause of death. The Austrian billionaire gained fame as the public face of Red Bull, an Austrian-Thai ...

Red Bull says Mateschitz worked on the formula for three years before the modified drink was launched under its new name in his native Austria in 1987. Red Bull also operates soccer teams in top divisions across Austria, Germany, Brazil and the U.S. German league regulations prevented the company from naming the team Red Bull Leipzig -- its name in German, RasenBallsport, means "grass ball sport Leipzig'' but the club just refers to itself as RB Leipzig. "Desperately sad news that we've learned of the passing of Dietrich," Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner said Saturday. It's important that we recognise everything he has contributed to the sport, but not just the sport because it goes way, way beyond that." The latter, which operates out of Italy as the company's junior team, was renamed Toro Rosso and today competes as AlphaTauri.

Formula One and the championship-leading Red Bull team mourned the death of the energy drink company's Austrian founder Dietrich Mateschitz at the age of ...

They now compete as AlphaTauri, the company's fashion brand. "That's what he did here in Formula One, proving that you can make a difference ... Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, where the team can clinch a fifth constructors' championship.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motor sports governing body FIA, said Mateschitz was “a towering figure in motor sport.” “The thoughts of all the FIA family ...

German league regulations prevented the company from naming the team Red Bull Leipzig – its name in German, RasenBallsport, means “grass ball sport Leipzig” but the club just refers to itself as RB Leipzig. He was incredibly proud of the team, incredibly proud of everything we’ve done and have been achieving, and he’s been a passionate supporter and the backbone of everything that we do.” Verstappen started in Red Bull’s driver development programme and became the youngest driver in F1 history to start a grand prix when he started with the junior Toro Rosso team at age 17 in 2015. Red Bull operates football teams in top divisions across Austria, Germany, Brazil and the United States. Red Bull also has contracts with hundreds of athletes in various sports and a deep driver development programme to get racers to the top level. Red Bull says Mateschitz worked on the formula for three years before the modified drink was launched under its new name in his native Austria in 1987.

Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of energy drink company Red Bull and founder and owner of the Red Bull Formula One racing team, ha.

German league regulations prevented the company from naming the team Red Bull Leipzig – its name in German, RasenBallsport, means “grass ball sport Leipzig” but the club just refers to itself as RB Leipzig. Red Bull operates football teams in top divisions across Austria, Germany, Brazil and the United States. Verstappen started in Red Bull’s driver development programme and became the youngest driver in F1 history to start a grand prix when he started with the junior Toro Rosso team at age 17 in 2015. He was incredibly proud of the team, incredibly proud of everything we’ve done and have been achieving, and he’s been a passionate supporter and the backbone of everything that we do.” Red Bull also has contracts with hundreds of athletes in various sports and a deep driver development programme to get racers to the top level. Red Bull says Mateschitz worked on the formula for three years before the modified drink was launched under its new name in his native Austria in 1987.

Austrian billionaire Mateschitz was co-founder of energy drink company Red Bull, which says it sold nearly 10 billion cans of its caffeine and taurine-based ...

German league regulations prevented the company from naming the team Red Bull Leipzig – its name in German, RasenBallsport, means "grass ball sport Leipzig" but the club just refers to itself as RB Leipzig. He was incredibly proud of the team, incredibly proud of everything we've done and have been achieving, and he's been a passionate supporter and the backbone of everything that we do." Verstappen started in Red Bull's driver development program and became the youngest driver in F1 history to start a grand prix when he started with the junior Toro Rosso team at age 17 in 2015. Red Bull operates soccer teams in top divisions across Austria, Germany, Brazil and the United States. Red Bull also has contracts with hundreds of athletes in various sports and a deep driver development program to get racers to the top level. Red Bull says Mateschitz worked on the formula for three years before the modified drink was launched under its new name in his native Austria in 1987.

Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of Red Bull who became a major player in motorsports and other sports, is dead at 78, according to the F1 team.

Later that year, he then also bought Minardi and renamed it Toro Rosso, astutely using the team as a feed team for Red Bull. German league regulations prevented the company from naming the team Red Bull Leipzig – its name in German, RasenBallsport, means “grass ball sport Leipzig” but the club just refers to itself as RB Leipzig. Red Bull says Mateschitz worked on the formula for three years before the modified drink was launched under its new name in his native Austria in 1987. Red Bull operates soccer teams in top divisions across Austria, Germany, Brazil and the United States. With the growing success of Red Bull, he significantly expanded his investments in sports. He was always enthusiastic, encouraging and supportive on the good days and the bad days,” Horner said.