Red Bull Racing's RB5 will make its scheduled track debut at Jerez de la Frontera on Monday 9 February, 2009.
Christian Horner, Team Principal, said "Our strategic plan has always been to take full advantage of the later start of the 2009 season and we are using the time to ensure we have optimised the car as much as possible, within the regulation changes, to start on the grid in Melbourne
A1 Team Malaysia commercial partner, PLUS EXPRESSWAYS BERHAD, held a special launch event for the company’s new loyalty programme, which was attended by race team members. Rookie driver, Aaron Lim, was among five celebrities who were the first recipients of the PLUSmiles loyalty card. PLUS is the first highway concessionaire in Asia to introduce such a loyalty programme aimed at rewarding loyal customers of the PLUS and ELITE highways for their continuous support.