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From press release
Around six men broke into the Red Bull Racing factory in Milton Keynes, very early Saturday morning, and drove away with over 60 trophies belonging to the race team.
The burglars gained access to the building by simply crashing through the front entrance with a silver 4x4. They then drove away with a second vehicle, a dark coloured, black or dark blue Mercedes estate car.
No Red Bull personnel was harmed during the theft.
"Beyond the aggressive nature of this break-in, we are perplexed why anyone would take these trophies," commented Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
"The value to the team is of course extraordinarily high due to the sheer hard work and effort that went into winning each and every one. But their intrinsic value is low; they would be of little benefit to those outside of the team and, in addition to that, many of the trophies on display were replicas.
"The actions of these men mean it's likely that we will have to make our site less accessible in the future, which will be unfair on the hundreds of fans that travel to visit our factory each year to see our trophies and our Formula One car."
Around six men broke into the Red Bull Racing factory in Milton Keynes, very early Saturday morning, and drove away with over 60 trophies belonging to the race team.
The burglars gained access to the building by simply crashing through the front entrance with a silver 4x4. They then drove away with a second vehicle, a dark coloured, black or dark blue Mercedes estate car.
No Red Bull personnel was harmed during the theft.
"Beyond the aggressive nature of this break-in, we are perplexed why anyone would take these trophies," commented Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
"The value to the team is of course extraordinarily high due to the sheer hard work and effort that went into winning each and every one. But their intrinsic value is low; they would be of little benefit to those outside of the team and, in addition to that, many of the trophies on display were replicas.
"The actions of these men mean it's likely that we will have to make our site less accessible in the future, which will be unfair on the hundreds of fans that travel to visit our factory each year to see our trophies and our Formula One car."