F1 2026 mid-season grades: Red Bull stumbles but summer rally shows glimmer of progress
·Updated 5 hrs ago·41 pts
Red Bull struggles in 2026 mid-season, but shows signs of progress during summer rally.
Motorsport.com grades all 11 teams after the first half of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Next in line is Red Bull Racing, which has endured a frustrating start to the new era
How bad is it really?
Red Bull have scored 62 points across the last 3 rounds, up from 58 in the 3 before.
Their car ranks 3rd of 11 on qualifying pace, 0.244s off the pace leader in recent qualifying.
Best finish in that run: 2nd.
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