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<\/a><\/p>\nMax Verstappen, Barcelona GP 2026
\u00a9 Red Bull<\/p>\n
According to De Telegraaf and De Limburger journalist Erik van Haren, the package arriving at Spielberg is even more significant than the update introduced in Miami earlier this season.<\/p>\n
Now, insiders confirm that the new package will be even more significant, he reported.<\/p>\n
The Austrian team is hoping the development can reverse a worrying slide that has left Max Verstappen languishing P7 in the drivers’ standings and openly questioning the competitiveness of the RB22.<\/p>\n
There is at least another piece of good news.<\/p>\n
Van Haren reports that Red Bull has finally succeeded in bringing the car down to the minimum weight limit after fielding an overweight car for the season so far.<\/p>\n
The timing is critical amid continuing speculation about Verstappen’s future and whether he could soon activate performance-related exit clauses in his contract.<\/p>\n
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes Red Bull simply cannot afford to lose its star driver.<\/p>\n
They absolutely have to try to keep him, because he’s currently the only good thing in the team – apart from the engine, he said.<\/p>\n
There seems to be a huge internal power struggle over who should take over the leadership, and everyone is being kicked out.<\/p>\n
It’s very difficult to see a good future at Red Bull. It’s really strange.<\/p>\n
Villeneuve thinks the situation has been deteriorating for some time.<\/p>\n
It’s become a very political place in the last two or three years, he said. Things are currently going downhill, and they haven’t reached rock bottom yet.<\/p>\n
Red Bull has spent recent days disputing the FIA’s ADUO assessment that identified Red Bull-Ford as the benchmark internal combustion engine manufacturer and therefore restricted its ability to make performance gains.<\/p>\n
Ironically, Ferrari is set to use one of its ADUO development opportunities in Austria.<\/p>\n
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport’s Giusto Ferronato, the Maranello team will introduce a major power unit upgrade aimed at recovering an estimated two tenths of a second per lap.<\/p>\n
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