Red Bull tipped to blow Mercedes and Hamilton away with ‘top-notch’ innovation

Red Bull catches up with Mercedes and Hamilton with ‘leading edge’ innovations.

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Christian Horner and Red Bull are well prepared for the near future.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has given an encouraging update on the progress of the American carmaker’s Red Bull powertrain project, labeling the company’s 2026 powertrain design “the best” and saying the team will be “at the forefront podium”. “It will go up,” he said.

This will be a worrying revelation for companies such as Mercedes and Ferrari, which are looking to use new powertrains to prepare for technical changes to the regulations from 2026. This change in power unit regulations will allow the team to reset the grid and make a significant profit for Red Bull.

The Milton Keynes team have now won back-to-back world titles in 2023 after one of the most dominant seasons in F1 history, with Max Verstappen crowned three-time world champion. They dominated the rest of the field so much last year that Red Bull turned their attention to their 2024 opponents in September.

As such, Red Bull may well have consolidated their lead next season, and if this prediction comes true, the 2026 rule changes would present a golden opportunity for the remaining nine teams on the grid to shift the order of control . Pochettino gives insight into Chelsea’s transfer plans

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The importance of producing a competitive energy source for these regulations cannot be overemphasized. This was explained by Verstappen himself, as the Red Bull star said: “It looks like it will be an ICE race and whoever has the bigger engine will have a huge advantage.”

Commenting on the work between Ford and Red Bull, Farley explained: “I’ve had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with the Milton Keynes team and Adrian Newey and I think we’re on the right track. I have. “It may still seem a long way off, but there is still a lot to do in terms of propulsion systems in 2026, but we are very pleased with the progress. I would go into more details, but I want to tell you that we are on the right track.

He went on to say that he was very pleased with the staff involved in the project, adding: “We have the best team. What I mean is that we have the best drivers and the best technical support.