Ted Kravitz pre-announced it on Saturday (he didn’t know if he was supposed to but did it anyway). Verstappen and Hadjar at Red Bull, Lawson and (probably) Lindblad at RB, sadly no seat for Tsunoda.
sadly no seat for Tsunoda.
He’s a paid Honda driver and Honda decided to sever ties to Red Bull.
That happened a while ago though. He was given the chance to drive the impossible second seat and failed like everyone else. I hope the same doesn’t happen to Hadjar!
That happened a while ago though.
The announcement happend years ago but the contractual relationship is still ongoing until the end of this year.
He was given the chance to drive the impossible second seat and failed like everyone else.
Realistically he would have needed to do an absolutely outstanding job for Red Bull to not fire him. He’s only in that seat because Honda is paying for it. Same with reserve driver Iwasa.
Red bull is not interested in any Honda agents in their factory after Honda decided that they like being paid by Aston Martin more.
Red bull is not interested in any Honda agents in their factory after Honda decided that they like being paid by Aston Martin more
This is unfair to Honda. When they changed their mind and decided to stick around in F1, they approached red bull again to partner them for the 2026 regulations. By that time, red bull had already established RBPT and spent a considerable amount of money to buy and set up facilities and poach talent from others. They told Honda that the only way a new partnership would work is if RBPT developed part of the engine and Honda part of the engine. Honda wanted full control over the design and development of the engine so a deal was not reached.
Only after not being able to get back with red bull did Honda go behind Aston and their money.
Honda wanted full control over the design and development of the engine so a deal was not reached.
And how was my comment unfair to Honda when they were the ones who declined the RB deal?
Red bull is not interested in any Honda agents in their factory after Honda decided that they like being paid by Aston Martin more
The way you phrased it made it seem like Honda left red bull for monetary reasons when actually it was for technical details
They left Red Bull because they didn’t want to fund a works engine program. Then their actions forced Red Bull to set up RBPT and because Honda wasn’t interested in shared development, they went away and took Stoll’s money instead.
Are they bringing Mika back?? Inspired choice if so, he’ll really give the Max a run for his money
Supposedly Hadjar is being sent to have his career terminated in the second seat of Red Bull 🐂
