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Red Bull Powertrains

Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT), Red Bull's F1 engine division in Milton Keynes, took over Honda power unit technology in 2022, partnered with Ford in 2023, and debuted its own 2026 engine, ranked FIA ADUO benchmark.

Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing (Oracle Red Bull Racing) is a Milton Keynes-based Formula One team, founded 2005 from Jaguar, with 122 wins, eight Drivers' and six Constructors' titles, racing Verstappen and Hadjar with in-house Red Bull Ford power units from 2026.

Red Bull Ring

Red Bull Ring, formerly Österreichring and A1-Ring, is a 4.318 km, 10-corner motorsport circuit in Spielberg, Styria, Austria, hosting the Austrian Grand Prix (71 laps), MotoGP, and DTM; reopened 2011 after Red Bull's reconstruction, F1 contracted until 2041.

Red Bull Ring Boss

Red Bull Ring Boss is the FIA-licensed name of a 4.326 km grade 2 configuration of the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, used as the venue designation for BOSS GP Racing Series rounds such as the 2026 Red Bull Ring Classics.

Red Bull Ring Short Track

The Red Bull Ring Short Track is the roughly 2.4 km South Track in Spielberg, Austria, about half the length of the Grand Prix circuit.

Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel, nicknamed the Aero Bullet, is a Belgian cyclist born 2000 in Aalst, a former Anderlecht and PSV youth footballer turned Vuelta a España winner, four-time world time trial champion and double 2024 Olympic gold medalist, now riding for Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.

Remy Gardner

Remy Gardner (born 1998, Sydney) is an Australian motorcycle racer, son of 1987 500cc champion Wayne Gardner; 2021 Moto2 World Champion with Red Bull KTM Ajo, one MotoGP season with Tech3 KTM, now GYTR GRT Yamaha rider in WorldSBK.

Renato Perona

Renato Perona (1927-1984), Italian track cyclist from Terni; with Ferdinando Terruzzi won Olympic gold in the men's tandem sprint at London 1948, beating Britain by about 15 cm; later won 47 track races.

Renault Formula One crash controversy

Crashgate: 2008 Renault F1 race-fixing scandal at the Singapore Grand Prix, where Nelson Piquet Jr crashed deliberately on lap 14 to help Fernando Alonso win; led to FIA bans for Briatore and Symonds and Massa's title lawsuit.

Renault in Formula One

Renault in Formula One is the French manufacturer's F1 involvement since its 1977 debut, winning titles with Williams, Benetton, Red Bull, and its own team with Alonso.

Rene Abadie

René Abadie (1935–1996), French road cyclist, Olympic team road race gold medalist at Melbourne 1956; later professional with Mercier, rode the 1962 Tour de France and 1963 Vuelta a España.

René Arnoux

René Arnoux (born 1948), French Formula 1 driver 1978–1989; 7 wins, 18 poles, third in the 1983 championship with Ferrari; famous for the 1979 Dijon duel with Villeneuve.

Rene Hamel

René Hamel (René Nicolas Adrien Hamel, 1902–1992), French road cyclist; 1924 Paris Olympics gold in team road race and bronze in individual road race; 1924 French champion; father of Olympian Jean-Claude Hamel.

René Lammers

René Lammers, Dutch racing driver born 2008, son of Jan Lammers; 2023 FIA Karting European Champion in OK, Ferrari FDA scouting winner, MP Motorsport driver in Spanish F4 and Eurocup-3.

Rene Pijnen

René Pijnen (Marinus Augustinus Josephus Pijnen), Dutch road and track cyclist born 1946 in Woensdrecht; 1968 Olympic team time trial champion, Vuelta stage winner, and winner of 72 six-day races in 233 starts.

Rene Wolff

René Wolff, born 1978, is a German track cyclist who won Olympic gold in the team sprint at the 2004 Athens Games and world sprint titles in 2003 and 2005.

Reno Air Races

Reno Air Races (National Championship Air Races): annual pylon air racing at Reno, Nevada, 1964–2023, founded by Bill Stead; six race classes, 8-mile course; 2011 crash killed 11; moved to Roswell, New Mexico in 2025.

Reno Olsen

Reno Bent Olsen (born 1947, Roskilde) is a Danish track cyclist who won gold in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic team pursuit (4:22.44) and later raced professionally on the road for Furzi and other teams.

Ricardo Zonta

Ricardo Zonta (Ricardo Luiz Zonta), Brazilian racing driver born 1976 in Curitiba; 1997 F3000 and 1998 FIA GT champion, 67 F1 starts with BAR, Jordan and Toyota, now racing in Brazilian Stock Car and NASCAR Brasil.

Riccardo Paletti

Riccardo Paletti was an Italian Formula One driver with the small Osella team in 1982, killed that June at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

Riccardo Patrese

Riccardo Patrese (born 1954, Padua) is an Italian former F1 driver, 1974 karting world champion, who raced 1977-1993 in 256 Grands Prix, winning six including Monaco 1982, and finishing 1992 championship runner-up with Williams-Renault.

Richard Burns

Richard Burns (1971–2005), English rally driver, 2001 World Rally Champion with Subaru and co-driver Robert Reid; 10 WRC wins, 34 podiums; died of an astrocytoma in 2005.

Richard Carapaz

Richard Carapaz (born 1993, El Carmelo, Ecuador), nicknamed La Locomotora, is an Ecuadorian climber, first Ecuadorian Grand Tour winner (Giro 2019), Tokyo 2020 Olympic road race champion, and 2026 Tour de France King of the Mountains.

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is a NASCAR stock car racing team founded in 1969 in Welcome, North Carolina, which won six Cup Series championships with Dale Earnhardt.

Richard Petty

Richard Petty (born July 2, 1937, Level Cross, NC), "The King," NASCAR Cup driver 1958–1992; record 200 wins, 7 championships (tied with Earnhardt and Johnson), 7 Daytona 500s, 123 poles, No. 43 STP Plymouth.

Rick Hendrick

Rick Hendrick (born 1949) is founder of Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR's winningest team owner with 14 Cup championships and 312 wins, and chairman of Hendrick Automotive Group, the largest privately held US dealership group.

Ricky Carmichael

Ricky Carmichael, "The GOAT," American motocross and supercross racer born 1979; record 15 AMA championships, 150 career wins, and perfect 24-0 outdoor seasons in 2002 and 2004; later NASCAR driver and Triumph development rider.

Ricky Hendrick

Ricky Hendrick (Joseph Riddick Hendrick IV, 1980-2004), NASCAR driver, team owner, and son of Rick Hendrick; won the 2001 Kansas Truck race, owned Brian Vickers' 2003 Busch title team, died in the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports plane crash.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (born 1987, Olive Branch, Mississippi) is a NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet; 2011-12 Xfinity champion, 2013 Rookie of the Year, 2023 Daytona 500 winner with four Cup wins, all at superspeedways.

Rijeka Grobnik

Rijeka Grobnik (Automotodrom Grobnik) is a 4,168 m permanent road-racing circuit near Rijeka, Croatia, opened 1978; it hosted 13 Yugoslav motorcycle Grands Prix (1978–1990) and is Croatia's only FIA- and FIM-accredited track.