Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured his first victory of the 2026 season with a commanding performance at Sepang. The Dutch driver dominated Saturday’s qualifying sessions, topping every stage and setting two laps capable of taking pole position. Verstappen’s overwhelming race-weekend pace left key front-running rivals anticipating a runaway win and raised questions regarding Red Bull’s ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen secured a unanimous 10/10 Power Rankings score after taking pole position and a dominant wet-to-dry victory for Red Bull at Sepang. Kimi Antonelli expanded his championship lead to 84 points with a second-place finish for Mercedes, while Lewis Hamilton recovered from P17 to complete the podium for Ferrari. Racing Bulls enjoyed ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen secured victory for Red Bull in an action-packed, rain-affected race at Sepang. The Dutchman captured his 49th career pole position and his first pole of the season after setting an impressive pace in Friday practice. Verstappen’s pole marked the very first time in 2026 that a car not powered by a ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured Red Bull’s first win of the 2026 season, overcoming Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton. The victory marks the first Formula 1 win for Red Bull Ford Powertrains in its debut season following the departure of Honda. Laurent Mekies praised Verstappen’s drive while acknowledging a battery issue that prevented ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri finished P6 at the Sepang International Circuit after starting on the wrong tire compound in rain-affected conditions. The Australian driver noted that while his personal driving was solid, McLaren “just weren’t quick enough” compared to their primary front-running rivals. Piastri highlighted Red Bull’s dominant form following their Baku upgrades and warned ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured a comfortable victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia following crucial preparatory work by Red Bull Racing. Red Bull introduced its final major upgrade package of the season for the RB22 roughly 10 days earlier during the Baku race weekend. The comprehensive upgrade package featured a new floor body ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen mastered changing weather conditions to claim his and Red Bull’s first victory of the 2026 season at the Sepang International Circuit. Kimi Antonelli expanded his World Championship lead to 84 points after finishing second, while Mercedes teammate George Russell suffered a late power unit failure. Ferrari secured a three-four finish with ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen secured his first victory of the 2026 Formula 1 season at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, marking the inaugural race win for Red Bull’s in-house power unit program. The four-time world champion opened up about his father Jos Verstappen’s emotional response and the behind-the-scenes effort required to rebound from difficult ...
Key Highlights Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar missed out on a podium finish due to late-race battery and grip issues, finishing P5. Despite moving forward from a penalised P8 grid slot, Hadjar was overtaken in the closing laps by Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. While teammate Max Verstappen secured Red Bull and Ford’s first ...
Key Highlights Isack Hadjar endured a frustrating race in Malaysia, slipping from a podium position to fifth place following late battery deployment and chassis grip issues. Despite Red Bull securing its first victory of the season with Max Verstappen, Hadjar was an average of 0.881 seconds per lap slower than his teammate under green-flag running. ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton voiced deep frustration over Formula 1’s intricate engine regulations following software-driven power failures at a rain-hit race in Malaysia. A bizarre glitch during the formation lap forced cars to unexpectedly bog down in wet, low-grip conditions, leading Lewis Hamilton to describe the scene as being “like the LEGO ...
Key Highlights: Kimi Antonelli expanded his Drivers’ Championship lead over Mercedes teammate George Russell to 84 points after finishing second, while Russell suffered an engine failure. Max Verstappen secured his first race victory of the season, lifting Red Bull to a weekend haul of 35 points and moving level with Lando Norris in sixth place. ...