Some of Red Bull's stunts down the years have been legendary. Completing a pit-stop in zero G? Check. Driving a car with ice chains up a snowy ski slope? Check. Having a ruck with a rugby team? Check. But racing soon-to-be Premier League footballers on the pitch, well, that's something new. Red Bull recently became shirt sponsors for Leeds United as they tackled the 2024/25 Championship season, the second division of English football. The team won the division to be promoted to the Premier League where they will face teams like Premier League champions, and England's most successful club, Liverpool, FA Cup winners Crystal Palace, League Cup winners Newcastle, Europa League winners Tottenham, as well as Arsenal and Manchester United next season. When they visited the 2024 British GP, some Leeds players wondered what it would be like to race an F1 car. Red Bull duly stepped up, with F2 junior Arvid Lindblad taking RB7 for a spin on the pitch at Elland Road. Quite what the groundsman made of Sebastian Vettel's 2011 championship-winning destroying his pitch is a mystery! Check out the footage of the race, which is closer than you might think, below.
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