One year after F1’s biggest team boss bombshell, Mekies opens up on the shock he inherited, the revolution that never came, and the Verstappen question that outlasts everyone.
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Mercedes earned a mid-season engine upgrade under F1’s new catch-up system — then chose not to use it, and still found more performance in Austria.
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Red Bull has been judged the ADUO benchmark, but the FIA’s decision could trigger major debate over how Formula 1 measures engine performance.
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Lawson’s Racing Bulls recorded 330km/h in China’s speed trap. Verstappen’s Red Bull managed just 317km/h — with the same engine. The gap reveals a fascinating technical story about deployment philosophy, chassis weight and why the VCARB 03 is one of the hardest cars to overtake in 2026.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits Red Bull has set the F1 2026 standard after Bahrain testing, with superior energy deployment worth “a second per lap” on straights over consecutive laps.
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Zak Brown praises Red Bull Ford’s “very, very strong” engine performance at Barcelona testing, acknowledging 622 laps of reliable running while admitting he’d “rather not be as impressed” with his rival’s achievement.
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The engine manufacturers’ meeting yielded no significant decisions regarding the compression ratio measurement controversy, to the dismay of competitors complaining about Mercedes and Red Bull’s solutions. The alleged 10-13 horsepower advantage remains in place for 2026.
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Red Bull Powertrains insists its 2026 F1 engine is fully legal despite controversy over compression ratios. Technical director Ben Hodgkinson calls rival concerns “a lot of noise about nothing” as Ferrari, Audi, and Honda challenge potential thermal expansion advantages ahead of an FIA meeting on January 22.
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Oliver Mintzlaff wants to do everything to keep Max Verstappen at Red Bull, but insists nobody is above the team. The Red Bull CEO firmly rejected suggestions that Verstappen runs the organization, calling such claims “absurd.”
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Ford Performance has revealed its involvement in Red Bull’s 2026 Formula One power unit extends significantly beyond the original partnership scope. What began as electrical component focus has evolved into comprehensive combustion engine collaboration, driven by Ford’s revised road car strategy.
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