Red Bull is one of those brands whose name implies impeccable quality when it’s plastered along the side of a race car. Your brain happily suspends the knowledge that the product in question is, in fact, a cloyingly saccharine fizzy drink, as there are so many other high-octane associations that are pushed to front-of-mind when you see that racy canvas, liberally sprinkled with yellow suns and, yes, red bulls. The livery has slipped seamlessly into the pantheon of all-time classics - not quite up there with Gulf, Martini or JPS, but certainly on the way. Think about it: countless F1 championship wins, NASCAR, Dakar, that astounding Peugeot 207 that decimated the Pikes Peak record, you name it - Red Bull and fast cars go hand-in-hand.
It makes sense, then, that…