Former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has labelled Red Bull as the \u201cweakest link\u201d in the fight at the front of the field.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Milton Keynes-based squad has endured a turbulent start to the campaign, having spent the last several years as a consistent title challenger.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Across the opening half of the 2026 campaign, it has scored four podiums but is yet to bag a race victory, the only team inside the top four waiting to do so.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Last time out at the Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren sealed its first grand prix win of the year at a weekend in which it introduced a significant upgrade package.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Its strong form has left Steiner convinced that the Woking-based squad will become a consistent threat at the front of the field.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re back in the mix, but it’s real,\u201d Steiner told the Red Flags podcast.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re back in the mix for real with Ferrari and Mercedes.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Verstappen ended the race around the Hungaroring in second place, much to the Dutchman’s surprise as he faced challenges throughout the weekend behind the wheel.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
But Steiner is not convinced Red Bull can keep up its form, stating: \u201dI think Red Bull is now the weakest link in there.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cRed Bull can do it – I don’t think Red Bull can win at the moment, but the ‘Max Red Bull’… call it like this because he always pulls something off.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was surprised himself to finish second. He didn’t know how he did it. Anyway, we know how he does it. If there’s an opportunity, he takes it.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think McLaren is back to be a contender. But this year it changes around so much.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Friday everybody thought Ferrari would win it easy, but it’s Friday. \u00a0We keep on forgetting it’s bloody Friday.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has labelled Red Bull as the \u201cweakest link\u201d in the fight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-836107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}