Saturday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Christian Horner admitting that Daniel Ricciardo would have won the world championship had Red Bull provided him with a better car at his peak.<\/p>\n
With the new Red Bull-Ford engine catching the eye of McLaren boss Zak Brown, here\u2019s today\u2019s roundup\u2026<\/p>\n
Christian Horner: Daniel Ricciardo could\u2019ve been champion with Red Bull<\/p>\n
Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Daniel Ricciardo could have won the world championship had the team been more competitive during his peak years.<\/p>\n
Ricciardo claimed all but one of his eight career victories with Red Bull between 2014 and 2018 before spells with Renault and McLaren.<\/p>\n
The Australian announced his retirement from motorsport last year, almost 12 months after his last F1 appearance, before taking an ambassador role with new Red Bull engine partner Ford.<\/p>\n
Read more:\u00a0Horner: Daniel Ricciardo could have been world champion with Red Bull<\/a><\/p>\n Red Bull-Ford engine catches Zak Brown\u2019s eye after F1 2026 debut<\/p>\n Zak Brown, the chief executive of McLaren, has admitted that the Red Bull-Ford engine was \u201cvery strong\u201d at last month\u2019s F1 2026 shakedown in Barcelona.<\/p>\n Red Bull is producing its own engines for the first time this year via its Powertrains division, which is working in collaboration with US manufacturer Ford.<\/p>\n Brown quipped that he would \u201crather them not be as competitive\u201d after Red Bull and McLaren developed a rivalry over recent years.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Zak Brown calls for FIA talks on deployment concerns while Red Bull engine impresses<\/a><\/p>\n Adrian Newey achieves Aston Martin F1 landmark with AMR26 design<\/p>\n Aston Martin boss Adrian Newey says the new AMR26 car is \u201cmuch more\u201d tightly packaged than the team has ever attempted before in F1.<\/p>\n The AMR26 is the first Aston Martin F1 car to be produced by Newey since the legendary designer completed his move from Red Bull last year.<\/p>\n The car brought the paddock to a standstill when it broke cover on the penultimate day of the Barcelona shakedown.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0In his own words: Adrian Newey on the Aston Martin AMR26<\/a><\/p>\n Sky F1 confirms limited coverage of Bahrain F1 2026 test<\/p>\n Sky F1 has confirmed that only the final hour of each day\u2019s running will be broadcast live during this week\u2019s second F1 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain.<\/p>\n It comes after PlanetF1.com revealed last month that the first Bahrain test was set to have limited broadcast coverage.<\/p>\n PlanetF1.com first reported on January 22 that only the final hour of each day\u2019s running would be broadcast live. Full coverage is expected to return for the final test across February 18-20.<\/p>\n