Red Bull have signed engineer Phil Prew from Mercedes to help inform their work on power units from the 2026 season. Prew has previously worked at McLaren, where he was an understudy to Adrian Newey, before going on to become a race engineer in 2001, working with the likes of Sir Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez
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Scuderia Ferrari have slipped to 97 points behind Red Bull Racing in the Constructors’ Championship, after costing Charles Leclerc victory once again with another strategic blunder. Leclerc drove excellently to make his way to the front, having started third, whilst looking like he had the pace to cruise to victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Max Verstappen looks all but certain to claim back-to-back World Drivers’ Championships, after an emphatic victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Dutchman has an 80 point lead in the standings, meaning he can miss the entire triple-header after the summer break and still be leading the championship by at least two points. Verstappen claimed
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez is relatively satisfied with the first half of his 2022 season, but would like to improve upon his recent results. The last rounds of upgrades have proven problematic for the Mexican, who has been off the pace of team-mate Max Verstappen since the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where he out-qualified the Dutchman
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1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has indicated that Red Bull might now have an unassailable lead in the championship after 13 rounds. Ferrari have appeared to have the fundamentally quicker car than Red Bull for parts of the 2022 season, taking eight pole positions between Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. They have been overturned
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that he is always nervous regardless of the lead Max Verstappen has in the championship. The Dutchman leads Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 80 points after winning eight of the opening 13 rounds of the 2022 season, while Red Bull lead the Scuderia by 97 points in the
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has criticised the spectators that were seen burning Sir Lewis Hamilton merchandise at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend. There have been multiple examples of misconduct from fans at races in recent weeks, starting with British fans booing Verstappen in Silverstone, while two men were hospitalised after a brawl broke out.
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Max Verstappen’s first-ever victory at the Hungaroring saw the reigning World Champion extend his lead in the Drivers’ Championship to a 80 points, after recovering from a poor qualifying. The Dutchman started the Hungarian Grand Prix from P10, after a power unit issue meant he was unable to post a lap-time in Q3. Verstappen’s power
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Red Bull Racing’s victorious weekend at the Hungarian Grand Prix could’ve turned out very differently, had Max Verstappen not suffered a reliability problem in Q3 on Saturday. The Dutchman suffered a power failure during the final part of qualifying, which stopped the Dutchman from setting a lap-time. This meant he started from P10, yet somehow
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Charles Leclerc for the third time this season fell victim to a strategic mistake by Scuderia Ferrari, which cost him victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Monegasque driver had made his way to the front after starting third and looked likely to claim a much-needed win before the summer break. However, any chance of
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