Red Bull rejects over $2 billion bid for Racing Bulls

At the dawn of the 2026 season, synonymous with new technical regulations, making a financial or sporting decision at the end of 2025 looks in every way like a gamble in Formula 1. Yet, although the future hierarchy is not yet known, the teams themselves maintain their value intact at the heart of a still-profitable Circus. Better still, the ten – soon to be eleven – teams forming the F1 paddock could well continue to climb in terms of their value. As evidenced by the image, Racing Bulls would continue to interest investors.

Racing Bulls remains under the Red Bull flag

Midweek, British journalist Joe Saward revealed that the Racing Bulls team had recently received a €2,3 billion bid to buy the team. Naturally, this offer was made to the group. Red Bull, owner of the entity of Faenza, but the proposal was simply rejected as it stood. In August, it also appears that a first offer, already estimated at 2 billion dollars, was also rejected by the Austrians for their sister team.

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F1 remains particularly attractive

With the team now at the heart of the pack, Racing Bulls allows us to take stock of the value of Formula 1 teams at this moment in time. Estimated at more than 2 billion dollars by Red Bull, is the Italian team even for sale given the two refusals made by the group? In 2023, the team Alpine had, for example, been valued at $900 million when numerous investors, including sports celebrities, came to invest in the team's capital.

Furthermore, it also seems that in a context where new teams are proliferating, like Cadillac starting next year, the acquisition could become a more than credible option to get a finger in the cogs of Formula 1. Indeed, where the Americans arrive in the shoes of the eleventh team on the grid in 2026, Audi is coming forward as a newcomer, without starting from scratch given the digital replacement of Sauber.

Although the investors who took a chance on the Racing Bulls acquisition are not currently identifiable, it appears that a team of this caliber, capable of operating efficiently, without having a brand as strong as that of the top teams, represents the perfect target for an ambitious acquisition. Since the official announcement of Cadillac's arrival in F1 in view of the next era of Formula 1, the projects of 12^e stables flourish. Certainly even more difficult, will the arrival of a new brand necessarily require a method comparable to that of Audi? In any case, it will be difficult for potential new manufacturers to convince current brands to give up their place in an environment that is increasingly difficult to access, in addition to being one of the few to prove financially profitable...