News, views and updates about four-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver will be in a Red Bull car in 2025 as he looks to secure a record-equalling fifth consecutive Drivers’ Championship.
Red Bull heads into the 2026 summer break in far better shape than its season once threatened. After a genuinely difficult start as the team introduced its first-ever power unit under new regulations, the squad has clawed its way back into a solid position in the Constructors’ Standings. This is thanks to a resurgent run…
Andrea Stella has shared his thoughts on the lessons McLaren have learned in the first half of the season, whether there has been a real turning point until now, what contributed to their Hungarian GP success, the responsibility of carrying the team’s legacy forward, whether transitioning from the MCL40 to next year’s project is difficult,…
Nikolas Tombazis, Single Seater Director at the FIA, has opened up about why F1’s supreme governing body couldn’t intervene and change the new technical regulations in the years leading up to 2026. The introduction of the new engines and chassis has undoubtedly produced more on-track action than in the past few seasons. However, the first…
Red Bull’s difficult 2026 F1 season came under fresh scrutiny, when Team Principal Laurent Mekies addressed the inconsistency troubling Max Verstappen‘s car. The four-time World Champion had said in his Dutch media session in Hungary that a new problem seems to surface every single weekend following his qualifying spin. The question was put directly to…
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies assessed a tricky but rewarding 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, with Max Verstappen in P2 and Isack Hadjar in P6. Through Friday and Saturday, the Dutch and French drivers were extremely unhappy with the feeling of their RB22s, bemoaning grip issues and struggling to find any kind of good balance. Having…
After Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth and fifth, respectively, at the 2026 Hungarian GP, Team Principal Fred Vasseur opened up about why Ferrari underperformed on a track that was supposed to suit the SF-26, their pit stop strategy, and the positives he took away from the race weekend heading into the F1…
Max Verstappen described his second-place finish at the 2026 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix (GP) as an “overperformance” after struggling with the same car issues that affected Red Bull throughout the weekend. Verstappen started the 70-lap race from fourth on the grid but made an impressive getaway to move into third, before later making a decisive…
Isack Hadjar discusses a weekend of struggles for Red Bull Racing after the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP qualifying where he ended up in 8th. This comes after speaking on his improvement in confidence and performance. He is right behind his teammate Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship with a margin of 31 points. However, he…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen struggled throughout the session in qualifying at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP. While he spun on his last fast lap and finished P6, he later gained two positions due to penalties to Hamilton and Antonelli. The four time world champion had finished P2 in FP1, P4 in FP2 and P7 in…
Red Bull F1 didn’t have the smoothest practice day ahead of the 2026 Hungarian GP, as Isack Hadjar and Max Verstappen experienced mixed sensations throughout the different on-track sessions at the Hungaroring. Red Bull ‘s Hadjar mentions worsening feeling in FP2 ahead of F1 Hungarian GP The Frenchman, yet to score in F1 at the…
