2026 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[Badger]

A wing that is therefore not an answer to the Macarena Ferrari wing that will debut in Miami, but a project in its own right. According to what was collected, the Milton Keynes team presented the projects of this element to the Federation as early as last summer, not too much after what Ferrari did. Like the Maranello team, Pierre Waché and his team also played in advance, carrying out a project in development for months and which, similar to what happened at Ferrari, took quite a long time to arrive at a sufficiently mature version for the debut on the track.

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[pantherxxx]

If the macarena wing or what can reduce drag, maybe they can go with a higher df setup for the car. That could improve tyre wear and balance.

[Valeo]

[f1isgood]

1.5 seconds off pace last time. If they lost 7 to 8 kilograms, they will be 2 tenths quicker from this alone. With the upgrades, let us see if they can fight for the podium.

[Paa]

1.5 seconds off pace last time. If they lost 7 to 8 kilograms, they will be 2 tenths quicker from this alone. With the upgrades, let us see if they can fight for the podium.

Other teams also bring significant upgrades, it is a moving target.

[Valeo]

Marko:

“Red Bull has identified some issues with the car and found solutions. If the car is competitive, Max’s enjoyment will return and his mood will improve. Especially if the regulations are further adjusted toward 2027, because it’s clear not only for Max: there needs to be more racing again rather than economically driven runs.”

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Ok?

[euv2]

Difficult to get very excited when every team is going to be bring major upgrades to this race, how much are Red bull going to improve in relation to Mercedes? The weight reduction and fixing the dynamics of the car are 2 things that will help RBR more, but the gap was over a second to Merc and shaving off 0.3s from the gap isn't going to be of much help in the short term. Would be wonderful if they somehow could reduce the deficit to 0.5s, if that happens then the full weight reduction by mid season could see them fight for podiums again.

Then there's also the possibility of MCL leapfrogging Mercedes.

[Farnborough]

Difficult to get very excited when every team is going to be bring major upgrades to this race, how much are Red bull going to improve in relation to Mercedes? The weight reduction and fixing the dynamics of the car are 2 things that will help RBR more, but the gap was over a second to Merc and shaving off 0.3s from the gap isn't going to be of much help in the short term. Would be wonderful if they somehow could reduce the deficit to 0.5s, if that happens then the full weight reduction by mid season could see them fight for podiums again.

Then there's also the possibility of MCL leapfrogging Mercedes.

The most interesting part for me is the performance of new front wing. If there's significant progress there, and it looks to have decent input, then that can really switch a chassis on, particularly for someone like MV that chases that front end bite so hard.
Well see quite quickly if there's advance there, to then give broader options in rear load and response.

If it simply pushes the front everywhere, that leeches pace like nobody's business, absolutely killing tyres too. Going to be an interesting weekend with the work all of the teams have had time to complete.

[f1isgood]

1.5 seconds off pace last time. If they lost 7 to 8 kilograms, they will be 2 tenths quicker from this alone. With the upgrades, let us see if they can fight for the podium.

Other teams also bring significant upgrades, it is a moving target.

Sure but I don't think others have as much scope this early to simply find 1.5 seconds. For instance there's no reason to think Ferrari/Mercedes will find that much time before next year anyways.*

*Just to be very clear: If Red Bull don't have fundamental architectural issues AND they are simply behind in development that is.

[Paa]

Sure but I don't think others have as much scope this early to simply find 1.5 seconds. For instance there's no reason to think Ferrari/Mercedes will find that much time before next year anyways.*

*Just to be very clear: If Red Bull don't have fundamental architectural issues AND they are simply behind in development that is.

Yeah, but other teams don't need to find 1.5s. They already have it on Red Bull.(slight exaggeration)

[pantherxxx]

Red Bull is 1.2 second off the pace while the car is virtually undriveable, and also overweight. Just fixing the handling and balance itself can gain significant time. Then comes the additional time found from the weight reduction, and the new aero improvements. Other teams will find time too, but their car is already good, so they won't see that drastic improvements.

[Valeo]

That slot gap is ridiculous
Great job by the team on that side at least

[Valeo]

[euv2]

Not bad, update seems to have brought decent performance, fastest in sector 3 by a tenth, also matches Leclerc for joint fastest S2 which might be the best sign that they've improved the car, S1 is the big problem right now, Max complaining about lack of grip in t7-8.

[Badger]