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Name: Red Bull

Red Bull Racing is, in effect, Jaguar Racing (itself formerly Stewart) rebranded, with the energy-drinks company buying the Milton Keynes-based team in November 2004 after Ford withdrew from Formula One.

However, before they'd even competed in their first grand prix, Red Bull had already courted controversy by sacking former bosses David Pitchforth and Tony Purnell when the pair apparently disagreed with the Red Bull hierarchy over the appointment of David Coulthard.

Bereft of preparation time, Red Bull were also forced to use a car inherited from Jaguar and expectations were low ahead of their debut season.

New team boss Christian Horner was merely aiming to "lay solid foundations for the future" and yet the team often performed above expectations during 2005.

Coulthard's arrival proved a shrewd move and, together with team-mates Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi, ensured RBR began the 2005 season by scoring points in seven of the first eight races.

The team scored points in a further five races and finished seventh in the constructors' championship on 34 points - only four points behind BAR-Honda.

Coulthard's influence was also felt away from the track as he played an integral role in convincing design guru Adrian Newey to leave McLaren and head to RBR.

It was the coup of the season and boded well for Red Bull's 2006 campaign.

Klien started the season well, bagging Red Bull's first point of the season at the Bahrian Grand Prix, while Coulthard added a further point to the team's tally in the Australian Grand Prix.

However, it was already clear that overheating problems which had plagued the Ferrari-powered RB2 during pre-season testing had yet to be resolved.

As a consequence, during the first six races of the season, the team suffered a total of seven retirements.

However, Coulthard gave the team a huge boost when he claimed Red Bull's maiden podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix.

The team began sliding down the field after they decided to call a halt to all development work on the RB2 by July's German Grand Prix, choosing instead to focus their efforts on Newey's 2007 car.

A month later, the team also announced that Klien was departing and would be replaced by Mark Webber for the 2007 season.

The Austrian was later replaced by Robert Doornbos for the final three races of the season after he turned down the chance to race for Red Bull in the U.S-based Champ Car series.

Red Bull eventually finished the season down in seventh place in the constructors' championship.

With Webber and Coulthard racing the RB3, a car designed completely by Newey and powered by Renault, the team expected a much-improved 2007 season.

It was not to be, however, and reliability issues dogged the team from the very start of the season, with a total of nine technical or mechnical failures hampering any chance of progress.

Neither were Red Bull helped by the five crashes that Coulthard and Webber racked up between them during the course of the season.

The team did achieve one podium finish when Webber finished third in the German Grand Prix.

He could have had another in Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji; however, running in second place behind the pace car, Webber instead suffered yet another retirement when young Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel collided with him.

Although the team improved to fifth place in the constructors' championship, 2007 was not a season that could really be described as a success for Red Bull.

For 2008 the team has opted to retain Coulthard and Webber, but unless Newey can produce a quick and reliable car, expect more of the same.