2026 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[f1isgood]

Idk why RB uses this deployment strategy, they bleed so much time on the run to T4. At minimum they should have reduced deployment on the run to T1 and used it on the run to T4, it would have been better spent there. https://i.postimg.cc/jSSm4trv/speed(3).png

Is this similar to sprint Q?

[f1isgood]

He did all he could.

I have been hearing this factually accurate statement for exactly two years now xD.

[AR3-GP]

The other teams have new PUs this weekend. Max is still on race 1 PU.

[Bill]

8 tenths ahead of Hadjar. Max was impressive today.

They could always put the upgrades on both cars.

They should also give them the same car because one got disqualified for being illegal while the legal one will be racing just fine

[Badger]

The lhs and rhs floorboard were protruding 2mm out of the reference volume RV-FLOOR BOARD.

looks like maybe some QC issues on Hadjar’s new floor.

[venkyhere]

Idk why RB uses this deployment strategy, they bleed so much time on the run to T4. At minimum they should have reduced deployment on the run to T1 and used it on the run to T4, it would have been better spent there. https://i.postimg.cc/jSSm4trv/speed(3).png

with an overweight car struggling for high speed balance, better off to not waste precious energy in sector1 and use it judiciously for the long back straight and the start/finish straight. Will help in the race, even if Q is compromised. Plus, we can't expect battery charge/discharge efficiency matching the Mercedes PU.

[search]

They should also give them the same car because one got disqualified for being illegal while the legal one will be racing just fine

don't think it's sure that both cars were checked. Usually they scrutineer one car during and three cars after Qualifying

If Verstappen has the same floor, it could still mean a pit lane start for him.

[Rikhart]

8 tenths ahead of Hadjar. Max was impressive today.

They could always put the upgrades on both cars.

Let me tell you right now, you won't have much fun this year

[Rikhart]

8 tenths ahead of Hadjar. Max was impressive today.

They could always put the upgrades on both cars.

They should also give them the same car because one got disqualified for being illegal while the legal one will be racing just fine

So do you mean like a two seater? Sounds cool.

[Valeo]

Could imagine with the predicted conditions we won't have a standing start, would help a lot...

When asked by Motorsport.com in the Dutch media session what that is mainly down to, Verstappen explained: “Most of it is in the steering system, where something was clearly wrong before. They have finally been able to fix that, so now I can at least steer normally again.”
The obvious follow-up question is why Red Bull did not discover this earlier. “Well, I already said from the very first lap in the Barcelona test that something was wrong with the steering, but apparently it was very difficult to find. Now it’s finally been fixed.”

During the spring break, Red Bull was finally able to pinpoint the issue. Motorsport.com understands that Red Bull has changed the complete steering rack and also all the supporting components to make sure that all potential causes were addressed.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/max- ... /10817674/

Crazy...

[f1isgood]

Could imagine with the predicted conditions we won't have a standing start, would help a lot...

When asked by Motorsport.com in the Dutch media session what that is mainly down to, Verstappen explained: “Most of it is in the steering system, where something was clearly wrong before. They have finally been able to fix that, so now I can at least steer normally again.”
The obvious follow-up question is why Red Bull did not discover this earlier. “Well, I already said from the very first lap in the Barcelona test that something was wrong with the steering, but apparently it was very difficult to find. Now it’s finally been fixed.”

During the spring break, Red Bull was finally able to pinpoint the issue. Motorsport.com understands that Red Bull has changed the complete steering rack and also all the supporting components to make sure that all potential causes were addressed.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/max- ... /10817674/

Crazy...

It would appear to me then that the car's true performance was being held back because Verstappen couldn't get the most of it? It makes the current upgrades a bit tricky to evaluate depending on how much laptime this steering rack business was causing. But getting this wrong is also pretty weird.

[Vettel165]

Very good in the slow-speed corners and at the end of the straights. Also quite solid over the kerbs. The grip in the low speed could mean a good chance for Monaco.

[Juzh]

Very good in the slow-speed corners and at the end of the straights. Also quite solid over the kerbs. The grip in the low speed could mean a good chance for Monaco.

So Max doesn't lose anything basically in high or low speed, it's just S1 deployment that basically killed the lap (as pointed out by Badger already). Gains on very top end do not offset huge S1 loss during accelerating phase.
That, and mercedes PU seems just bit more powerful. Or maybe it's still the weight that's hurting acceleration.

[venkyhere]

Very good in the slow-speed corners and at the end of the straights. Also quite solid over the kerbs. The grip in the low speed could mean a good chance for Monaco.

So Max doesn't lose anything basically in high or low speed, it's just S1 deployment that basically killed the lap (as pointed out by Badger already). Gains on very top end do not offset huge S1 loss during accelerating phase.
That, and mercedes PU seems just bit more powerful. Or maybe it's still the weight that's hurting acceleration.

Max gained 0.278s through the mickey mouse section at the end of S2. Pretty impressive considering the overweight. in fact purple S2 in the final Q3 run.

[search]

The team has issued a statement about Hadjar, calling his illegal floor a mistake. Verstappen wasn't mentioned, so sounds like they don have to/plan to change his floor as well.