The Red Bull RB2 is the car with which the Red Bull Racing team competed in the

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season. The chassis was designed by Mark Smith, Rob Taylor and Ben Agathangelou and the engines were supplied by

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. It was driven by David Coulthard and Christian Klien, who had both driven for the team in its debut year, . However, Klien was replaced after the Italian GP by third driver

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after the

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n refused the team's offer of a ChampCar seat for 2007 once it became apparent that he was going to be replaced by Mark Webber for the next season.

History

After the good results of the previous inaugural season, 2006 was a poor season for

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. The year was treated as a consolidation season and proved to be a traditionally tough second year for a new team. The new

engines caused cooling problems pre-season which saw testing time limited, and for the most part the team were bogged down in the midfield. This situation was exacerbated by RBR abandoning development on the RB2 during the season to let new Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey concentrate on 2007's challenger. However, there were still highlights in a largely depressing season. Foremost among these was Coulthard scoring the team's first podium at

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. As this coincided with a one-race deal to promote the new Superman film, the veteran driver wore a red cape on the podium, and Team Principal Christian Horner later honoured a pre-race promise of jumping into the team's pool wearing nothing but one of the capes. The team eventually finished seventh in the Constructors' Championship, with 16 points.

Livery

The RB2's livery was similar to that of the preceding RB1. At the

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, both Red Bull cars had the '' Superman Returns'' livery and, for this race the Red Bull pit crew wore white overalls. Among the drivers, Klien wore a blue overall on the day of the race. Image:David Coulthard USA 2006.jpg, David Coulthard at the

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. Image:Coulthard cheste 2006-02.jpg, Christian Klien testing at

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. Image:Robert Doornbos 2006 Brazil.jpg,

at the

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Complete Formula One results

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) (results in bold indicate pole position)

References

* {{Red Bull Red Bull RB02 2006 Formula One season cars