Does Red Bull also dance the Macarena?
Among the disappointments of this early 2026, Red Bull cannot be left out. The Milton Keynes team, apart from Isack Hadjar’s flash in qualifying in Melbourne when the Frenchman grabbed the third fastest time behind the Mercedes, has never entered the high-ranking radar and the meager 16 points collected so far indicate a lack of competitiveness that cannot even be attributed to the debuting power unit.
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The RB22 was overweight and not performing mechanically and aerodynamically. In Miami, the car will be deeply renewed, lightened – according to estimates reported by the newspaper De Telegraaf the overweight has been halved from 12 to 6-7 kilos – and a Milton Keynes-made version of the Ferrari rear wing ‘Macarena‘ could also debut.
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Max Verstappen hopes to be closer to Mercedes, Ferrari, and McLaren thanks to the innovations tested during the Silverstone filming day: “Silverstone was a good day, it’s always nice to meet with the team ahead of a new event – the Dutchman said – the team worked hard to understand what we can improve with the car. I’m very excited to see what we will be able to do in Miami and I hope we can get a bit closer to the top three teams.”
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