Red Bull F1 are set to launch a new car for the 2026 season, and it could prove problematic for Max Verstappen's chances of taking back his World Championship.

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

Red Bull reveal their 2026 livery at a launch event in Detroit on Thursday night but, speaking to Swiss publication Blick, four-time world champion Verstappen has predicted the early stages of pre-season to be troublesome.

Max Verstappen declared emphatically that “he was always staying” when asked about Gianpiero Lambiase’s future with Red Bull. Question marks emerged over the engineer’s whereabouts for 2026 during the closing rounds of the 2025 campaign, but it is reported that he will remain in his current role for the start of the new technical regulations.

Max Verstappen is completing ten years at Red Bull this year, and he will also be celebrating a decade since his maiden F1 win. The Dutchman became th.

Max Verstappen has given his view on this year's Red Bull Racing car after it was presented in Detroit ahead of the new season. The Dutchman says he was encouraged to see this year's car that has been designed in accordance to the biggest rule change in F1 history with new power units,

Max Verstappen and his new teammate, Isack Hadjar, have opened up about this year's Red Bull Racing car after it was presented in Detroit.The Dutch F1 driver said he appreciated that the car has been designed with compliance to the major

Red Bull revealed a blue livery for the 2026 season honouring their debut F1 look; Max Verstappen to drive RB22 alongside new team-mate Isack Hadjar; watch every round of the 2026 F1 season live on Sky Sports F1,

Max Verstappen is contracted with Red Bull until the end of the 2028 season, but the four-time world champion is subject to long-standing interest from Toto Wolff's Mercedes squad

Few people in Formula 1 are better positioned to offer career advice to young drivers than Max Verstappen. Verstappen still holds the record for the youngest driver to ever start an F1 race, a mark that’s likely to stand for some time.

Max Verstappen says one of his F1 rivals 'sold his soul' during the 2025 season - and says he never would have put himself in such a position.