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Red Bull enjoyed a "step forward" at Miami GP but still behind F1's best

Red Bull managed an encouraging performance with Max Verstappen in Miami, but the four-time world champion warns that the team is not out of the woods yet

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“We’re getting there, we’re not the same yet” – Red Bull still playing catch-up with F1 rivals

Red Bull managed an encouraging performance with Max Verstappen in Miami, but the four-time world champion warns that the team is not out of the woods yet

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Why Red Bull and McLaren sat down after surprising comments about Lambiase's role

Laurent Mekies spoke with McLaren CEO Zak Brown after comments about Gianpiero Lambiase’s future role. The Red Bull team principal also discusses how his team plans to replace Max Verstappen’s race engineer

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Red Bull: ‘We don’t want to play ping-pong with McLaren over Gianpiero Lambiase’s role’

Laurent Mekies spoke with McLaren CEO Zak Brown after comments about Gianpiero Lambiase’s future role. The Red Bull team principal also discusses how his team plans to replace Verstappen’s race engineer

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Red Bull targets Piastri as Verstappen replacement option

Oscar Piastri is Red Bull’s ‘Plan B’ in case Max Verstappen leaves the F1 team

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Red Bull targets Oscar Piastri as Max Verstappen replacement

Oscar Piastri is Red Bull’s ‘Plan B’ in case Max Verstappen leaves the F1 team

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Red Bull's big upgrade package and its ‘Macarena’ F1 wing explained

Red Bull brings significant upgrades to Miami, and the package includes weight reduction, revised sidepods and its own version of Ferrari's rotating wing – although the team clarifies that it has not been copied from the Scuderia

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Laurent Mekies admits 2025 comeback hurt Red Bull's 2026 F1 start

Laurent Mekies says Red Bull’s late-2025 fightback hurt its 2026 starting point, but insists the team would make the same decision again

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Red Bull chief issues verdict on Max Verstappen amid departure rumours

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Red Bull: Gianpiero Lambiase's McLaren move is a "once in a lifetime" opportunity

Lambiase is set to leave Red Bull and join McLaren as its chief racing officer for the 2028 F1 season

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Red Bull F1 chief speaks out on Max Verstappen’s future: ‘Absolutely not’

Verstappen said after the last race in Japan that he is considering quitting Formula 1 at the end of the 2026 season

The Independent UK

‘It has clearly exceeded expectations’: inside Red Bull’s F1 engine factory

As Red Bull look to salvage season, ‘crazy decision’ to take engine building in-house looks set to pay off and steer them back to the front of the grid

The Guardian - UK

Karun Chandhok: Red Bull has a "big job" to stop brain drain

Karun Chandhok has warned Red Bull’s leadership that it faces a major task to stop the team’s ongoing 'brain drain' amid a difficult start to the 2026 season

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Red Bull gives fans the chance to win a signed replica Max Verstappen race suit

Red Bull has launched a competition offering Formula 1 fans the chance to win a signed framed replica of Max Verstappen’s 2026 race suit

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Why Red Bull and Verstappen looked better in Australia than in China and Japan

The start of the 2026 Formula 1 season has made one thing clear: Red Bull has a great deal of work to do, particularly on the chassis side. The Australian Grand Prix offered some encouragement, but the races in China and Japan have delivered a reality check

Motorsport

Yuki Tsunoda deserves a return to full-time racing, says Laurent Mekies

The 25-year-old has been without a full-time race seat since he was dropped by Red Bull at the end of the 2025 F1 season

Autosport

How Wolff’s joke about Verstappen in Zandvoort has become the new reality in F1

The main question is how Max Verstappen views his future and whether Formula 1 will play a role in it, but Mercedes’ dominance also underlines a risk the Dutchman took on the driver market last year -regardless of clauses

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F1 should aim at return to “flat-out qualifying” for 2027 – Laurent Mekies

Energy management has taken over qualifying in Formula 1, with substantial fixes unlikely to come before next year

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Red Bull now ‘paying the price’ for F1 2025 title charge

Red Bull’s continued development of last year’s challenger has hurt its 2026 prospects

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Why Red Bull doesn’t regret F1 2025 title charge it’s now ‘paying the price’ for

Red Bull’s continued development of last year’s challenger has hurt its 2026 prospects

Motorsport

Red Bull struggling "one second off” leaders as it faces new reality in F1 2026

After a dominant spell in Formula 1’s ground effect era, Red Bull is facing a harsh new reality in 2026

Motorsport

The only thing Red Bull can do to motivate Max Verstappen may not be enough

As the four-time world champion edges closer to theatrically quitting F1, his team has few levers to pull to keep him engaged

Motorsport

Winners and losers from F1's fraught Japanese Grand Prix

As a scary accident for Oliver Bearman further exposed pain points in Formula 1's 2026 regulations, the fight for the 2026 world championship received several intriguing twists

Motorsport

Laurent Mekies: Red Bull F1 team "very far" in Japan with fundamental issues

Red Bull has endured a rough start to the Japanese Grand Prix weekend with a Formula 1 car that proves extremely difficult to get in the right balance window

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How Alonso’s terrifying 2016 Australian GP crash broke down barriers

The dramatic images of the accident suffered by Alonso in the 2016 Australian GP have endured, but the impact the crash had on F1 will be much greater

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