Overview
- Red Bull said the car’s exhaust overheated during post-run burnouts, igniting the rear before on-site marshals quickly extinguished the flames.
- The incident occurred on Marina Boulevard during the Red Bull Showrun San Francisco presented by Ford, which drew tens of thousands of spectators.
- A separate RB7 driven by Scott Speed struck a barrier and lost its front wing, with the driver appearing unscathed.
- Reports from the waterfront event described overcrowding, bottlenecks, and spectators climbing structures to watch, raising crowd-management concerns.
- Tsunoda is serving as Red Bull’s test and reserve driver in 2026 after losing his race seat to Isack Hadjar, and media noted similar past demo-run fires involving Red Bull show cars.