Oscar Piastri has played a textbook silly-season hand in Canada, telling reporters that reports of Red Bull eyeing him as Max Verstappen's replacement were flattering but that no actual discussions have taken place and his focus is winning with McLaren.
A radio message and a paddock follow-up made Max Verstappen's verdict unmissable: the Red Bull is throwing his feet off the throttle pedal over Montreal's bumps. Sprint Qualifying P7 was the headline; what he said about it was the story.
David Coulthard says Max Verstappen will finish his Formula 1 career at Red Bull because no rival team would tolerate the freedom the champion takes for granted.
Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook has lifted the lid on how the Red Bull-Ford DM01 power unit went from a blank engineering page in 2022 to a competitive 2026 grid entry — and explained the parts of the project that surprised even him.
Laurent Mekies has accepted Gianpiero Lambiase's exit to McLaren as 'an extraordinary opportunity', warning Red Bull will keep poaching from the pitlane — while Andrea Stella laughs off rumours of a McLaren-to-Red Bull move of his own.
A heavy upgrade put Max Verstappen on the front row in Miami less than two-tenths off pole. The race never gave the new RB22 a fair hearing.
Max Verstappen has revealed Red Bull's Miami turnaround was not driven by a fresh aerodynamic upgrade but by a complete steering rack overhaul - one he says he flagged on the very first lap of pre-season testing in Barcelona.
Red Bull used a Silverstone filming day to introduce their biggest chassis upgrade of 2026 — a sharper front wing, new sidepods, revised DRS and Ferrari-style halo winglets.
A paddock press leak about Red Bull's 2026 car carrying excess weight became considerably less deniable when George Russell referenced it in a Suzuka press session — and independent analysis has since suggested the weight issue is only one of a longer list of problems.
A Q2 exit, a race spent holding on for points, and a post-race press pen in which Max Verstappen said — out loud, twice — that the current version of Red Bull Racing is not sustainable.
Pierre Gasly earned a 10/10 rating from both P1 podcast hosts after out-qualifying both Red Bulls and holding off Max Verstappen on his way to seventh at the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix.
Formula 1's 2026 battery rules were supposed to impose a gradual power fall-off on straights. Mercedes and Red Bull have found a way to skip that ramp entirely in qualifying — and the result is a qualifying pace gap rivals are struggling to match. The FIA admits it's not what the rule was designed for.
Red Bull's Isack Hadjar delivered a brutally frank assessment of the RB22, conceding the team's engine is strong but the chassis is holding the team back through every type of corner.
New Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has dismissed the idea that 2026 is a write-off, telling Beyond The Grid the team needs 360-degree gains to chase Mercedes.
Pierre Gasly turned the midfield upside down at Suzuka, dragging his Alpine ahead of both Red Bull cars in qualifying — a result analysts called 'mad' given Alpine finished last in 2025.
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has honoured Christian Horner's two-decade legacy on Formula 1's Beyond The Grid podcast, set out an empowerment-first leadership model and revealed that the Ford-partnered power unit completed its first 100 laps without a shakedown.
F1 Insider reports Red Bull is privately discussing a full B-spec rebuild after Verstappen admitted the Suzuka upgrade package may have made his car worse, a drastic option the team has not had to consider in the Verstappen era.
Max Verstappen has openly admitted Red Bull's 2026 car has slipped backwards from its 2025 predecessor, with the four-time champion warning fans not to expect 'miracles overnight' as the team hunts for balance and grip.
Red Bull race engineer Laurel Mechier breaks down Isack Hadjar's 'near-perfect' Melbourne F1 debut, where the rookie out-qualified both Mercedes and was running cleanly until an engine issue ended his afternoon.
Cadillac Formula 1 CEO Dan Towriss revealed that American driver Colton Herta came close to signing with Red Bull after impressive test sessions. It took Towriss a month to convince Herta to remain aligned with Cadillac's F1 project instead.
