{"id":280816,"date":"2026-05-22T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280816\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:32:10","slug":"oracle-red-bull-racing-how-miami-updates-helped-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280816\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Red Bull Racing: How Miami updates helped the team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miami Grand Prix was the most positive weekend of the Formula One season so far for Oracle Red\u00a0Bull Racing. A significant upgrade package for both cars helped performance drastically, propelling Max Verstappen<\/a> to the front row of the grid in Qualifying. Now, the team heads to Canada, hoping that another batch of upgrades will help them push on further.This season has been challenging for Verstappen, Isaac Hadjar<\/a> and the Red\u00a0Bull team so far. Before the unexpected early-season break, a sixth-place finish for Verstappen in Australia and an eighth-place finish in Japan were lower than anticipated. Work was ongoing on upgrades for both cars, in the hope they\u2019d make both drivers feel more comfortable in the new generation of power units.\"Max<\/a><\/p>\n

Max Verstappen finished fifth and won the Driver of the Day vote in Miami<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Getty Images\/Red\u00a0Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

Going into Miami, an upgrade package arrived, and it led to more promising results on track. While Verstappen finished fifth in Sunday\u2019s race, his pace was better across the entire weekend. He set the second fastest time in Qualifying, putting the Red\u00a0Bull car on the front row of the grid for the big race.<\/p>\n

What changed for Red\u00a0Bull in Miami?<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, Red\u00a0Bull\u2019s Technical Director, Pierre Wache, said on redbullracing.com<\/a>: \u201cMiami saw us take a clear step forward, with the upgrade package delivering encouraging gains in performance and helping address some key areas on the car. It highlighted some car weaknesses and room for improvement to extract the overall performance.\u201dFrom here, there\u2019s light at the end of the tunnel<\/p>\n

With lower than anticipated finishing places in the first few races, as well as underwhelming performances in Qualifying, upgrades have come at the right time. Following the car changes in Miami and the improved performance, both drivers were very positive.<\/p>\n

Verstappen said, \u201cFrom here, there\u2019s light at the end of the tunnel, that we can just push on and try to close the gap further. I feel more comfortable in the car again, and then I can push a bit more, then the upgrades are working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verstappen is finally settling into the car<\/p>\n

The Dutchman has won three of the last four Canadian Grand Prix races, so he knows how to win on the track. Now that he\u2019s more comfortable in the car, he’ll feel that his chances of winning in Canada and beyond have improved. <\/p>\n

The team will be looking to close the gap to the Mercedes drivers in the standings, which has grown in the season\u2019s first few weeks. Verstappen is 74 points off the top spot in the standings, but there are plenty more races this season to reduce that gap.<\/p>\n

\"Pierre<\/a><\/p>\n

Technical Director Pierre Wache will be keeping an eye on things in Canada<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Getty Images\/Red\u00a0Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

It has been a positive boost for the team to see the progress translating on track after a lot of hard work behind the scenes<\/p>\n

Wache also revealed that another small upgrade package will be implemented for the Canadian GP. He said: \u201cCanada will be another good test of the package alongside some minor updates this weekend. It has been a positive boost for the team to see the progress translating on track after a lot of hard work behind the scenes, and we expect car development to be made as we head into the European races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isaac Hadjar is excited for what Canada will bring, too. He said, \u201cEver since Miami, I’ve been raring to get back into the car and go racing again. The team delivered a much stronger package after the break and we want to continue with that progress going into Montreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Isack<\/a><\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar was all smiles in Miami<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Getty Images\/Red\u00a0Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

Still room for improvement<\/p>\n

However, while Verstappen is upbeat about the changes and how the car feels, he believes there\u2019s still room for improvement. \u201cI think we\u2019re still not where we want to be in terms of understanding everything, but most of it,\u201d he said. The technical team will be consistently working behind the scenes to make the car as good as it can be for the remainder of the season, as the team seeks to rediscover the winning formula.<\/p>\n

Following the improved results in Miami, the impact of the upgrade package there, and the minor changes for Canada, confidence will be high going into the next part of the season.<\/p>\n

Part of this story<\/p>\n

\"\"Max VerstappenAlready considered one of the greatest drivers in the sport’s history, Dutch ace Max Verstappen is now a four-time Formula One world champion. <\/a>\"\"Isack HadjarThe newest member of Oracle Red\u00a0Bull Racing, Isack Hadjar has already left his mark on F1, with a podium finish in his rookie year.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Grand Prix was the most positive weekend of the Formula One season so far for Oracle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-280816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}