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Red Bull Showrun Brings F1 Showcars and Ford Stunts to Marina Green

Engines and smoke filled Marina Boulevard as a free Red Bull Showrun, presented by Ford Racing, took over Marina Green today for timed F1 run-bys, drift demonstrations and stunts from 12–4 PM.

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Red Bull Showrun Brings F1 Showcars and Ford Stunts to Marina Green
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Engines rolled onto Marina Boulevard in front of Marina Green as the Red Bull Showrun, presented by Ford Racing, took over the waterfront for a one-day free event scheduled from 12–4 PM. The show brought Formula 1 showcars alongside Ford performance vehicles to a packed stretch of Marina Blvd, drawing onlookers to the public lawn and sidewalk edges.

“The one‑day free event drew large crowds who watched timed run‑bys, drift demonstrations” and stunts as Red Bull Racing and Ford Racing cars performed street run-bys and exhibition laps along the route, according to event coverage and promotional material. Organizers laid out a program of timed run-bys and drift demonstrations, and Detroitnews copy notes that Red Bull Racing and Ford Racing cars would perform stunts on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, on Marina Blvd. in San Francisco.

Photographs supplied to news outlets show drivers Mitch Guthrie Jr. and Scott Speed in San Francisco earlier in the week; “Mitch Guthrie Jr. and Scott Speed perform in San Francisco, California, USA on February 18, 2026,” reads a Detroitnews photo caption credited to Chris Tedesco / Red Bull Content Pool, SI202602190046, with a companion portrait caption SI202602190043. Those images sit alongside the public event material that lists Feb. 21 as the Showrun date and the Instagram announcement that “🏎️ Red Bull Showrun San Francisco presented by Ford Racing is taking over Marina Blvd along Marina Green on Feb 21 from 12–4PM and it's” in a truncated promotional post.

The San Francisco Showrun is part of a wider push tying Ford and Red Bull together this season. “The Red Bull livery is revealed at the 2026 Ford Racing Season Launch Event at Michigan Central Station in Detroit, MI on January 15, 2026,” and Detroitnews copy states that “the event highlights Ford’s return to Formula 1 through a powertrain partnership with Red Bull, alongside programs spanning NASCAR, Mustang endurance racing, off-road competition, and a planned hypercar debut in 2027.” That national program framed Ford’s prominent role as presenting partner at the Marina Green showcase.

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Off-road and endurance credibility accompanied the Ford presence: photo captions in the event package include Dakar Rally imagery, “A Ford Raptor T1 roars over the dunes during the Dakar Rally,” and “At the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, the Ford Raptor T1+ driven by Mitch Guthrie churns the sand in Stage 3”, and a caption noting “Ford Racing boss Mark Rushbrook with a Ford T1 at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.”

There is a date note in the available image metadata and map art: Detroitnews includes a “San Francisco street map for the Red Bull Showrun on Saturday, Feb. 18th featuring Ford Racing and Red Bull Racing cars,” while the majority of event materials specify Feb. 21, 2026 from 12–4 PM. Photographers’ captions dated Feb. 18 appear alongside the Feb. 21 program listings, leaving the sequence of promotional shoots, rehearsals and the public run day visible in the record of coverage and imagery.

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