Red Bull Struggles in 2026 After 2025 Push

0:00On April 7th, Red Bull's team boss, Laurent Meckys, says they're feeling the hit in 2026 after going all-out late in 2025, too. Chase Maxx for Staffin's fifth title. They pushed hard with upgrades, won six of the last nine races, but fell just two points short of Lando Norris. Now, new rules in their first in-house power unit with Ford are biting them early. That late surge meant less time prepping for this year's big changes, leading to reliability woes and missing speed. For Staffin's best so far is sixth in Australia, with a ninth in the Shanghai Sprint, a retirement in China and eighth in Japan. New teammate Isaac Hadjarz had retirements and mid-pack finishes, too. Meckys gets why folks might call this a transition year, but he praises the team's fire. No one wanted to quit on 2025 despite the risks. They dug deep to fix the car, knowing it'd cost later, and that fighting spirit turned things around back then. Right now, Red Bull sits sixth in the team's standings behind even Alpine and Haas after

1:03three rounds. But Meckys insists they're not making excuses. They're learning fast from the power unit project and car limits. They're locked in full attack mode, ready to flip the script like they did before, proving this squad thrives on comebacks no matter the odds. This has been F1 News today, powered by AI.