Red Bull in ‘no rush’ to decide Verstappen’s team-mate for F1 2026
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has confirmed his squad is “not in any hurry” to confirm Max Verstappen’s team-mate for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign. The four-time world champion’s current team-mate Yuki Tsunoda has struggled since replacing Liam Lawson for round three of 2025 onwards, scoring just seven points leaving him 18th in the standings. […]
Marko wasn’t aware of difference between Red Bull F1 cars
Yuki Tsunoda has claimed Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko only became aware of the disparity between his and Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 car specifications at the Belgian and Hungarian grands prix. The Japanese driver made the step up to the senior of Red Bull’s two F1 teams after just two rounds of the 2025 […]
«I have nothing to prove» with Cadillac after Red Bull F1 exit
Sergio Perez says the struggles of his Red Bull replacements show that he has nothing to prove on his Formula 1 return with Cadillac. On Tuesday, Perez and fellow F1 veteran and multiple race winner Valtteri Bottas were presented as the experience pair that will lead Cadillac’s charge in 2026 as F1’s 11th team. The […]
‘Unfair’ to compare to Verstappen given different Red Bull F1 car
Red Bull has felt like a one-car – or at least one-driver – team for several years now as the second seat has been occupied by a rotating cast of individuals, who are granted a vanishingly small window to prove themselves before being fired or demoted. Four-time world champion Max Verstappen is clearly a once-in-a-generation […]
The biggest challenges Red Bull faces after sacking Horner
With Christian Horner sacked, Red Bull closes a chapter spanning all the highs and lows of the team’s history — one that includes two dominant eras, first with Sebastian Vettel and later with Max Verstappen, but it the recent downturn too. The narrative pitched to the Thai shareholders that outgoing team members were replaceable and […]
The biggest challenges Red Bull faces after sacking Christian Horner
With Christian Horner sacked from his team principal position, Red Bull closes a chapter spanning all the highs and lows of the team’s history—one that includes two dominant eras, first with Sebastian Vettel and later with Max Verstappen, but it the recent downturn too. The narrative pitched to the Thai shareholders that outgoing team members […]
Drivers with the most F1 grand prix starts without a podium
Nico Hulkenberg shrugged off the unwanted record of having the most Formula 1 starts without a podium by taking third at the 2025 British Grand Prix. The shock result came at the German’s 239th grand prix start, as the Sauber driver benefited from correctly timed pitstops while rivals faltered with strategy at a wet Silverstone. […]
How Dunne’s McLaren outing shows Red Bull that changing drivers isn’t the solution
Yuki Tsunoda now has nine grands prix under his belt with Red Bull, after taking over Liam Lawson’s Formula 1 seat at the Japanese GP. The impact has been negligible so far. Tsunoda has scored just seven points in that time, while team-mate Max Verstappen has racked up 119. Tsunoda’s recent qualifying results don’t paint […]
The hard lessons Tsunoda and Lawson learned after swapping F1 seats
In recent years the second Formula 1 seat at Red Bull has become the proverbial poisoned chalice – coveted by many, and yet ultimately toxic. Mid-season driver changes have almost become the norm, a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ – and while the faces change, the difficulty in exploiting the car’s theoretical potential remains […]