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Slow Verstappen says 2026 punishes fastest drivers

Mar.14 Max Verstappen has delivered his most alarming assessment yet of Red Bull's 2026 package, as analysts link the team's struggles to the organisational chaos that engulfed the Milton Keynes outfit over the past two years. 'The car's undriveable. We never had anything this bad, with everything together,' Verstappen said in Shanghai, adding: 'It has been a disaster pace-wise.' After the sprint, Verstappen told Viaplay: 'Completely rubbish. We don't need to talk about it. 'I had no balance and no grip. The tyres were also completely screwed.' The team sit nearly two seconds off the pace in Shanghai – a deficit that former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde, analysing for Viaplay, said...
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