Red Bull Showrun: Budapest 2025
After bringing an RB19 to Budapest for some beauty shots in June 2025, Red Bull Racing returned on September 21, when horsepower, roaring engines, and thousands of passionate fans filled Stefánia Street for the Red Bull Showrun Budapest.
The event took place in downtown Budapest over the weekend, attracting more than 40,000 motorsport fans. It showcased two Formula One cars and featured a wide range of technical sports, from MotoGP motorcycles to the world’s best drift cars. The highlight of the weekend was undoubtedly the team’s ambassadors, David Coulthard and Patrick Friesacher, speeding down Stefánia Street and performing donuts in front of the crowd behind the wheels of the Oracle Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App RB RB7s.
To mark the occasion, Red Bull gave fans the chance to vote on Patrick’s helmet design, which was revealed at the Showrun. The choice was between artists Dániel Törőcsik and Mentha, who were both invited to the reveal to find out whose artwork would feature on the helmet. More than 6,000 votes were cast, and Mentha was the lucky winner. His design, inspired by graffiti culture, his personality, and Red Bull’s iconic colors, also incorporated Patrick’s requests: the words “Gratitude” and “Love”, along with his children’s names. The team also brought the RB19 static show car, which was displayed in several iconic locations around Budapest.
The Showrun also featured the Red Bull Driftbrothers, Mad Mike, Sam Sam, motorcycle stuntman Aras, and MotoGP racer turned showman Jonas Folger, who brought the atmosphere to a fever pitch. They wowed the crowd with their roaring machines and breathtaking stunts. The joint performance by the drift racers was a huge success: Mad Mike delivered a spectacular demonstration alongside the Driftbrothers as the cars glided across Stefánia Street, right next to the iconic Puskás Aréna, while Sam Sam also dazzled the audience. Aras and Folger closed the show with a thrilling two-wheel finale, burning down the street, a fitting end to a weekend where motorcycles and motorsport shared the spotlight.
““Red Bull Showrun is always a great opportunity to bring the atmosphere of F1 closer to the fans. It is not just a technical sport event, but a real festival atmosphere where we can show how unique this world is. The track in Budapest was amazing, the paddock was built in a beautiful location. It was always obvious how much the Hungarian audience loves F1, so we’ve had an amazing day, I really enjoyed it.””
Photography by Mark Somay and Balazs Palfi, provided by Red Bull Content Pool. All images are credited to their respective copyright holders and used for editorial purposes only.
