Regardless, it looks like the bright red theme ain't going anywhere.

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Abu Dhabi is also pitching to a different kind of audience with Ferrari World, a red-hued theme park celebrating the famed racing cars.

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Behind them, the second row has a similar red and silver theme, with Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen ahead of Alonso's McLaren partner Lewis Hamilton.

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Like Webber, the German stopped out on the track, something of a recurring theme for Red Bull this pre-season.

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Now sponsored by the energy drink maker Red Bull, the theme of this year's competition was "games" and included a centrifuge made with a golf cart engine that spun players at up to five times the force of gravity.

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If there is a theme to be found in The Red Moccasins' songs, it is something of a self-absorbed one.

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Inside the auditorium, red and white is also the dominant colour theme.

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Among the cheering crowds were many racegoers who embraced the Diamond Jubilee theme, with variations on the red, white and blue color scheme visibly in evidence among the usual confection of hats and headpieces.

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The Red Arrow offers 75 years of history, comfy beds and its own theme song (which explains why it is the best way to travel between Russia's superpower cities).

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