2026 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[AR3-GP]

Tires are done.

[Sergej]

Tires are done.

what a news

[Sergej]

so probably Ferrari fuc*ed the quali yesterday, in race we are MILES behind

[Juzh]

Underwhelming ending. Hard to judge race pace but hadjar was nowhere at the start and I dont think Max would be able to stick with mercs and ferrari either, though even in traffic he looked much faster than hadjar.

[Juzh]

so probably Ferrari fuc*ed the quali yesterday, in race we are MILES behind

seems like

[pantherxxx]

Race pace was very good until half of the race, then it dropped massively for some reason. Weird.

[Sevach]

so probably Ferrari fuc*ed the quali yesterday, in race we are MILES behind

Ferrari underperformed in qualy for whatever reason.

It's Mercedes>>>Ferrari>>>>>>>>>Mclaren and Red Bull(RBR a bit better perhaps)

[euv2]

The car just needs more downforce. It's the 4th best in corners, the weight reductions need to come in quick, otherwise Max will be scrapping for p6 every week.

[Badger]

Not surprising with a lack of downforce and being heavy the tyre wear isn't where it needs to be. 6th is a decent result from there though.

[avantman]

Can’t wait for annother Wache interview. Lol

[pantherxxx]

At least it's Max the driver of the day.

[euv2]

Yeah, Wache was definitely coping with that 0.3s gap prediction for Max. If Max had that much speed, he'd have much better race pace, he was miles behind Mercedes and Ferrari despite them being on longer stints.

[AR3-GP]

Yeah, Wache was definitely coping with that 0.3s gap prediction for Max. If Max had that much speed, he'd have much better race pace, he was miles behind Mercedes and Ferrari despite them being on longer stints.

Qualy conditions are different to race conditons. In qualy they can only harvest 7MJ. In the race they can harvest 8MJ. It makes the gap grow to Mercedes. Also cars with more downforce have better rear tire degradation and can deploy more consistently at low speeds which makes big difference to laptime.

[AR3-GP]

Max: "Thank you guys, you worked very hard for this, you've done a really good job. This is just super frustrating to drive, but thank you."

[euv2]

Yeah, Wache was definitely coping with that 0.3s gap prediction for Max. If Max had that much speed, he'd have much better race pace, he was miles behind Mercedes and Ferrari despite them being on longer stints.

Qualy conditions are different to race conditons. In qualy they can only harvest 7MJ. In the race they can harvest 8MJ. It makes the gap grow to Mercedes. Also cars with more downforce have better rear tire degradation and can deploy more consistently at low speeds which makes big difference to laptime.

You're right but Merc wasn't even pushing to the limits, there's more in the bag. It would be naive to underestimate the gap. At the moment I just don't see the gap being that small in qualifying, Mercedes has a deployment, engine and downforce advantage.