Twenty-four days. One RB21. Fifty-two pages.
Red Bull turned up to its first Grand Prix in Australia in 2005 and spent the next twenty years rewriting what a drinks company could do in Formula 1. Four straight drivers' titles with Sebastian Vettel. Four more with Max Verstappen. Six constructors' championships along the way.
The car in this box is the RB21, the one they raced through 2025. It won eight Grands Prix that season — Japan, Imola, Monza, Baku, Austin, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi — and carried the title fight to the final race, where Verstappen finished two points short.
This officially licensed advent calendar builds it one piece at a time. Open a door a day through December and assemble a 1:43 scale metal-bodied model of the RB21 in full team livery. Parts plug and screw together. No glue, no paint, no modelling experience needed.
The book
Alongside the build runs a 52-page large-format volume on the team's Formula 1 history and its cars. English and German, both in the same volume. It stays on the shelf long after the calendar is empty.
What's behind the 24 doors
- Multi-part metal-bodied model kit of the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 in 1:43 scale, in team livery
- A dynamic presentation base with a built-in sound module — press the button and the RB21 engine note plays
- The 52-page large-format book, in English and German
- Two fold-out panoramic backdrops, so the finished car sits in a scene rather than against a wall
- An A2-size poster and a set of postcards, ready to frame
- Every screw, plus the screwdriver and a cleaning cloth, sorted by day
- And a handful of extras FRANZIS leaves off the box on purpose. They're meant to be surprises, so we won't spoil them
The build
Each door holds one numbered stage. Ten to fifteen minutes of work, then the model goes back on the shelf until tomorrow. By Christmas Eve the RB21 sits finished on its base at roughly 15 × 10 × 10 cm. The doors are numbered rather than dated, so nothing stops you building it in an afternoon.
Who it's for
The Red Bull fan. The Verstappen fan. The person who watched Abu Dhabi 2025 through their fingers. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Free shipping from our Cleveland warehouse. One AA battery required for the sound module, not included.