Red Bull RB16B

The Red Bull RB16B was designed and constructed by the Austrian team, Red Bull Racing, for the season.
The car was powered by Honda engines, and was driven by Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez.
As the RB16 proved to be a good basis, being able to split the Mercedes' often and winning the final race in Abu Dhabi on pure pace previous year, the RB16B was mostly an evolution of the 2020 contender.
It proved to be a very quick car, being finally able to match Mercedes. It was still tricky to set-up and to get used as shown by Sergio Perez, but not as difficult as the RB16.
At the end of the season, this car helped Max claim his maiden FIA Formula World Championship title. It finished second to Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Motorsport in the Constructor's championship. Sergio Perez finished 4th in the driver's championship, behind Valtteri Bottas in third.
== F1 career ==
2021 FIA F1 championship season
Race 	Driver 	Date	Result	Background and details
2021 Bahrain GP 	Max Verstappen	 	2nd 	Verstappen and Hamilton fought hard for victory, but Verstappen's overtake was deemed outside track limits, so he was forced to give the place back at the end.
 	Sergio Perez 	 	5th 	Perez was unlucky to have an engine stall on the formation lap and had to recover all the way from last place
2021 GP Emila Romagna	Max Verstappen	 	1st 	Having qualified third behind Perez in second and Hamilton on pole, Verstappen made an astounding start, barged past Hamilton and drove well to lead in the wet, as Hamilton made a mistake later on. Max won the race in style.
 	Sergio Perez 	 	 	
2021 Spanish GP 	Max Verstappen	 	2nd 	Verstappen and Hamilton were in a class of their own again, but a master class strategy from Mercedes saw Hamilton pit for an extra time to get new tyres and close a +20 second gap to overhaul Verstappen again and win.
 	Sergio Perez 	 	5th 	Sergio Perez was beaten off the line by the phenomenal talent of Charles LeClerc, who had the better of the Mexican the whole race troughout despite his car disadvantage.
2021 Monaco GP 	Max Verstappen	 	1st 	Verstappen overcame his Monaco curse by finishing on the podium for the first time in the Principality, winning it and taking lead in the championship fight for the first time, profitting maximally from LeClerc's bad luck and a dismal race by Hamilton
 	Sergio Perez 	 	 	
2021 Azerbaijan GP 	Sergio Perez 	 	1st 	Sergio Perez drove a strong race, and wasn't too far off his teammate, both RedBulls passing pole-hero LeClerc on the straights, and were too fast for Hamilton as well. Perez had to take the honors as his teammate had a tyre falling apart, and got ahead at the final restart of only 2 laps, as Hamilton made a mistake.
 	Max Verstappen	 	DNF 	Verstappen had a great lead but unfortunately one of his tyres failed, ending his fantastic race and potential win, leaving the driver in frustration and ruing his costly loss for his title bid.
2021 British GP 	Max Verstappen	 	DNF 	Verstappen had the measure of Hamilton in the sprint despite Hamilton's top result in qualifying, but after an exciting battle, Hamilton did an awful move to punt Verstappen out of the race.
 	Sergio Perez 	 	 	
2021 Italian GP 	Max Verstappen	 	DNF 	As McLaren proved too strong, Verstappen followed leader Ricciardo, to have his pitstop ruined and come out behind Hamilton, and made a desperate attempt to overhaul him in the first chicane, but it went awry for both, and the RedBull landed on top of the Mercedes, ending both drivers' race in the gravel.
 	Sergio Perez 	 	 	
2021 Saudi Arabia GP 	Max Verstappen	 	2nd 	A thrilling race saw a lot of strange FIA decisions, intriguing moments, negotiations about grid positions and chaos throughout. Hamilton rear-ended Verstappen in the confusions, the two battled hard but Hamilton proved to be too fast, and won. But Max gave it everything he had, though had questionable actions.
2021 Abu Dhabi GP 	Max Verstappen	 	1st 	Verstappen attacked Hamilton on the first lap, who went wide but was allowed to continue wihtout consequence. Hamilton was faster all race, and even Perez' staying out and defending Hamilton hard didn't matter. The Briton was too fast and was set to win. It was after Latifi's crash at the end and the following safety car, that Red Bull smelled a chance, pitted Max for fresh rubber and the sign green was giving on the final lap, allowing Max one shot at rescueing his deserved title and he took it. Sent it on the inside of Hamilton at turn 5, and defended aptly to cross the line first to become world champion.
 	Sergio Perez 	 	DNF 	Helping out greatly with his sterling defense, Perez had an issue in the last few laps of the race and had to retire
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