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Verstappen Motivated as Red Bull Braces for F1 Changes
Ford and Red Bull revealed their new 2026 Formula 1 livery and detailed a Ford-developed powertrain featuring double the energy harvesting allowed last year, advancing F1 technology.
- Ford Racing hosted a season launch at Ford’s Michigan Central Station, Detroit, where Oracle Red Bull Racing unveiled its 2026 livery and a Ford-developed power unit, marking Ford’s return to top-level motorsports, Ford CEO Jim Farley said.
- F1 is using a revised aerodynamic package and power-unit rules for 2026 that remove ground‑effect aero and require higher ride heights with flatter floors, reducing downforce.
- Hybrid rules mean the cars will recharge only through braking and off‑throttle energy recovery, with the system harvesting 8.5 megajoules per lap, while the MGU‑K produces 469 horsepower, Ford said.
- Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, a four-time world champion, warned that "the gaps will be bigger in the beginning," as all teams test new cars in a closed-door preseason test in Barcelona, Spain before Bull Racing’s March 6 season start in Melbourne, Australia.
- Ford Racing and Red Bull have worked together since early 2023 with Ford engineers embedded in Milton Keynes, as Honda exits to Aston Martin and Cadillac and Audi join F1 in 2026.
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Red Bull braces for F1 changes
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen said he's keen to get to grips with the new car Red Bull unveiled on Thursday for a 2026 Formula One season of massive change. The team unveiled the livery for their new cars before a few hundred guests at Detroit's Michigan Central Station less than two months before the season opens in Melbourne on March 7. New rules for 2026 see aerodynamic changes to make cars lighter and smaller along with modificatio…
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Red Bull spring surprise with first F1 2026 livery as Max Verstappen title hopes boosted - The Mirror
Red Bull have launched their new F1 car, the RB22, in Detroit with a glossy blue livery and their first Ford engine - as the team back Max Verstappen for the title fight
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