Hexagon has announced a multi-year renewal of its long-established innovation partnership with one of the most successful Formula One teams, Oracle Red Bull Racing.
For 18 years, Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has been a trusted partner to Oracle Red Bull Racing. It delivers cutting-edge 3D laser scanning and digitalisation solutions that have enabled the racing team to climb to and remain at the pinnacle of one of the most technologically advanced and complex sports. This renewed partnership will see a history of shared innovation, business support and success continue between the two companies, following Max Verstappen’s fourth successive World Drivers Championship title in 2024.
Demonstrating further commitment to the team, Hexagon will expand the partnership through Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing, inspiring the next generation of STEM professionals with a focus on the engineering sector and bridging the gap between sim racing and F1.
Hexagon branding will feature on the lower sidepod of the RB21, signifying their longstanding contribution to the operation of the car. Further branding will feature across Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing liveries for the F1 Sim Racing World Championship and Porsche Esports Supercup, as well as at the Team’s home in the Red Bull Racing Erena.
The partnership is crucial ahead of the 2026 season as new sporting regulations come into effect that require all cars to be completely redesigned. This will welcome a new era of more “agile, competitive, safer and more sustainable” racing, as described by the sport’s governing body, the FIA. Hexagon’s advanced digitisation technology will ensure Oracle Red Bull Racing continue to spearhead innovation, finding the limit of the sport’s new regulations to extract maximum performance.
With thousands of design changes each season, Hexagon has enabled the team to achieve the highest levels of speed and agility by seamlessly integrating quality inspection and digitalisation into its engineering processes. The accuracy of these technologies ensures the extreme levels of precision and quality required at the first attempt, delivering unmatched productivity. The speed at which it captures data also ensures Oracle Red Bull Racing maintains its competitive edge both on and off the track, providing the trusted insights needed for rapid design development.
With eight of the 10 teams, including Oracle Red Bull Racing, making driver changes in the off season, 2025 promises to be a fiercely competitive season decided by the smallest of margins. To maximise performance, Hexagon’s 3D laser scanning technology and trackside support will provide crucial support in refining aerodynamics, ensuring precision setups that propel the team to the front of the grid each race. Hexagon’s history-making contributions to the team will be celebrated by the appearance of its logo on the car throughout the 2025 season, starting with the opening race in Melbourne.
The Oracle Red Bull Racing team has reduced faults by 50% over the past two years. Measurements from Hexagon’s ultra-fast scanning technologies guarantee every component is manufactured to the required accuracy as the car is reassembled for each race to the quality required and within the FIA regulations, including the cap on team expenditure that leaves little room for mistakes.
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