2026 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[lio007]

Gino Rosato now with RBR:
https://racingnews365.com/red-bull-scor ... an-capture

[Curbstone]

Wind tunnel supposedly ready "early 2027"..
Motorsport.com
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red- ... /10822482/

Waché said it will be running early next year. But he did not clarify if running as in testing and calibrating phase or it will already run in production by then. Either way, next year's car will be still designed by the old one.

They are really slow with the new tunnel. Construction started around April 2024. And it was already quite advanced 2 months ago (viewtopic.php?p=1333156#p1333156). I wonder what they still have to do, can commissioning and calibration take more than half a year?

I wouldn't call that picture from march 'well advanced'. Sure, the building itselfs is nearly complete, but after that you still have to finish the inside. And since there is a lot of tech required, which also need to be tested that will take a lot of time. Half a year seems rather short to me.

[AR3-GP]

There can be supply chain issues. There is a lot of specialized equipment in the windtunnel.

[carisi2k]

I'm expecting max to wrangle 3rd place this weekend and be about 5 tenths off merc/mclaren

Why would you think that Max will be 5 tenths off in Montreal when he was only 2 tenths off in Miami?

Other drivers had a poor q3 in miami

Kimi didn't and he is the man at the moment and he was on pole. Max was actually less then 0.2seconds slower.

[avantman]

Why would you think that Max will be 5 tenths off in Montreal when he was only 2 tenths off in Miami?

Other drivers had a poor q3 in miami

Kimi didn't and he is the man at the moment and he was on pole. Max was actually less then 0.2seconds slower.

You compare Max 2nd hugely improved hot lap with Antonellis banker, as he messed up his 2nd push right away. After the first runs the gap was 4 tenths, which undoubtedly is the real gap, at very least, if we think Max is only as fast as Kimi.

[Cassius]

I'm expecting max to wrangle 3rd place this weekend and be about 5 tenths off merc/mclaren

Why would you think that Max will be 5 tenths off in Montreal when he was only 2 tenths off in Miami?

Merc and McL will bring big packages that will be worth several tenths. He was 0.2-0.4s off in race pace. I think he will be 0.5-0.7s off in race pace compared ro Merc if their upgrades work.

0.2-0.3s engine
0.3s weight
Remainder and weight hopefully solved with the Austria upgrade package.
Engine hopefully next year.

[carisi2k]

Red bull are bringing some minor updates, they will have a track that benefits there car and they will have more time to get more out of the miami upgrade. We will see.

[Vettel165]

It will rain on sunday, expecting light-moderate. We might have a shot.

[AR3-GP]

Continuing with the first PU for VER (and LIN).

[organic]

Continuing with the first PU for VER (and LIN).

Did they forget

[AR3-GP]

Continuing with the first PU for VER (and LIN).

Did they forget

My working theory is durability validation (7 races), and the new one will go in Austria (for reasons...).

The new one could also go 1 race earlier in Barcelona if there are reliability concerns.

[AR3-GP]

[Valeo]

Big gap, especially for Montreal.
Seems like they started the session lighter and did mostly higher fuel runs after the Albon crash.

[AR3-GP]

Big gap, especially for Montreal.
Seems like they started the session lighter and did mostly higher fuel runs after the Albon crash.

It seems like Merc gained 0.5s or more.

[Valeo]

Big gap, especially for Montreal.
Seems like they started the session lighter and did mostly higher fuel runs after the Albon crash.

It seems like Merc gained 0.5s or more.

Yeah, I think they are well out of reach.
Still, if Max could be in the mix with McLaren and Ferrari for the final podium spot I would be really fine with that.
The development race is really going to be crazy, with 0,2-0,5 seconds swings