Team Redline was founded by Dom Duhan in 2000. The team initially competed in a variety of racing titles including TOCA Race Driver and Grand Prix Legends before transitioning to professional tournaments. From 2010, the team focused on the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series, where it won five world championships with Greger Huttu. By 2015, Duhan stated in an interview with Gran Turismo fan forum GTPlanet that Team Redline had amassed over 100 professional victories and had developed connections with racing drivers including Richie Stanaway, Nicky Catsburg, Kelvin van der Linde, and Max Verstappen. Verstappen became a formal member that year.
In 2016, the team formed a Gran Turismo squad, signing players including future Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Ayhancan Güven. In 2019, member Mikail "LIGHTNING" Hızal won both the Nations Cup and the Toyota GR Supra GT Cup at the FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships at the World Finals in Monte Carlo, defeating Igor Fraga and Kanata Kawakami respectively.
In 2020, Team Redline was selected by Porsche to represent the marque in the V10 R-League, an Assetto Corsa round-robin tournament. Competing as Porsche24 Redline with a roster of Ben Cornett, Jeffrey Rietveld, Michal Šmídl, and founder Atze Kerkhof, the team became champions, defeating Williams Esports in the final match week at Yas Marina Circuit with 26 race victories and 6 match wins.
Also in 2020, Team Redline entered a partnership with BMW M to join the BMW Motorsport SIM Racing programme. The partnership required the use of BMW sports cars when the manufacturer's vehicles were available on a given platform for top-level virtual sports car events.
In the 2021–22 Le Mans Virtual Series, Team Redline competed in both the LMP2 and LM GTE classes, the LMP2 entry running in support of TDS Racing as Realteam Hydrogen Redline. The team swept both championships. In the LMP2 class, the team secured a narrow half-point lead over Williams Esports. Jeffrey Rietveld and Michal Šmídl were joined by Felipe Drugovich and Oliver Rowland as part of the winning LMP2 squad at the Le Mans Virtual event at a virtual Circuit de la Sarthe.
The team retained the LM GTE title in the 2022–23 Le Mans Virtual Series but lost the LMP2 championship to Porsche Coanda after the season finale was disrupted by security breaches to publisher Studio 397's rFactor 2 servers. Max Verstappen, who was part of the retiring LMP2 team, publicly denounced Studio 397 for the incident, calling the event a "clown show."
On 12 April 2022, Team Redline was confirmed to represent the Verstappen.com Racing initiative launched by Max Verstappen and Red Bull. On 31 October 2023, Team Redline entered a formal partnership with Red Bull Racing to handle the team's sim racing operations, including their F1 Esports division. Since then, Team Redline has helped Red Bull Racing win a Teams' championship and two consecutive Drivers' championships in 2023–24 and 2025 with Frederik Rasmussen and Jarno Opmeer, the latter earning a record-setting third Drivers' championship.
Team Redline was among the first professional teams to enter the Rennsport competitive scene in 2023, participating in ESL R1 alongside FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, and Mouz. The initial Rennsport roster comprised Enzo Bonito, Luke Bennett, Jeffrey Rietveld, and Kevin Siggy. In the first season, despite a runner-up finish to R8G Esports' Marcell Csincsik at the inaugural Major, Team Redline won the Spring Season Teams' championship. Kevin Siggy won the 2024 Esports World Cup finale, and the team went back-to-back in 2025 under a restructured team format, finishing ahead of Virtus.pro and Team Vitality.
On 23 March 2026, Max Verstappen formally absorbed Team Redline into his Verstappen Racing brand, rebranding the organisation to Verstappen Sim Racing. As part of the transition, the team became part of Verstappen Racing's driver development ecosystem, providing members with pathways toward real-world race seats. Verstappen cited Chris Lulham as an example of sim racing producing real-world talent. Team boss Atze Kerkhof framed the rebrand as building on Team Redline's legacy. As of 2026, Verstappen Sim Racing consists of 13 players.
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