“FORMULA ONE IS
A 24-7 BUSINESS. IF
YOU WANT A STEADY
9-T0-5 JOB, THIS ISN’T
THE pLAcE FOR YOU!”
Formula One never sleeps. At Red Bull Racing, the desire to win
drives every member of the team to work tirelessly. Factory-based engineers sometimes work through the night, explains
Team Principal Christian Horner
A race weekend only comes to an
end for Red Bull Racing when the pit
garages have been packed away, the
cars have been checked over and the
race telemetry has been analysed.
There’s no time to rest.
It’s the same back at the team’s
Milton Keynes factory. Hour upon hour
is spent in the wind tunnel searching
for more downforce, and the design
team works incessantly to
improve every aspect of
the car.
“Formula One is a
24-7 business,” says
Christian Horner.
“There’s always
work to be done
and the difference
between success and failure can be
measured in tenths of a second –
particularly this year! There’s no short-
cut to success.”
At the same time, the team has to
meet the deadlines of racing every
two weeks all over the world, from
Melbourne to Montreal.
“Millions of people judge our
performance on TV, which is why it’s so
important to have a strong team
spirit,” says Horner. “We win
as a team and we lose
as a team; that’s the
most effective way
to deal with the
pressure.”
Rarely is the
team spirit
stronger than when the team is racing
on a different cwontinent to its base in
Milton Keynes, UK.
Factory-based engineers
sometimes work through the night to
support what’s happening trackside,
without their unflinching support the
team couldn’t achieve such high levels
of success.
“If you want a steady 9-to- 5 job,”
says Horner, “Formula 1 isn’t the right
environment for you! Such is the
international nature of the sport that
we require people to work unusual hours.
“When the cars are on-track in
Melbourne, it’s the middle of the
night in the UK and we have to work
a night shift. That’s the nature of
the business.”
The Casio EFR-520RB
is the latest in a range
of hard-working, limited
edition EDIFICE watches
built in partnership
with Red Bull Racing.
It features a 3D Disk
Chronograph, Ion plated
bezel and a 1/20-second
disk-shaped indicator,
situated at the 12 o’clock
position, which rotates
at high speed during
stopwatch mode to
ensure precise time
measurement.
Reflecting the energy
and speed of Red Bull
Racing, the watch has
blue highlights on the dial
and the lower layer of the
bezel, together with a red
second hand and red dial
marks. The team logo is
prominently displayed on
the upper half of the dial.
TECH TIME
CASIO EDIFICE
CASIO EDIFICE EFR-520RB
This collector’s item comes
in a display box, together
with photographs of the
drivers and the RB8 racecar.
