A new front wing and sidepod are going to be used by Red Bull as of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The expectation is to gain more than 0.2 seconds.
Red Bull have already been unstoppable and they continue to get even faster. Besides the version of them which we have watched so far is even with a limited budget due to the punishment they got. Their potential is way bigger than now which means we won't even be able to dream them losing.
Besides it feels like this won't change until 2026 season. But as of that season we are likely to see big changes in F1 cars so the balances can change quite much as well.
It is normal that Redbull have found for this age the perfect balance,just like Mercedes had it perfect in the era before from 2014 to 2020.In 2026 a new manufacturer will produce a better car than the others,it can be anyone,Redbull,Mercedes,Ferrari,McLaren or even two newcomers who have promised to be racing with us in 2026 and they are a super well known brand who is dominating world markets like Audi with their premium cars and KIA which is also dominating but based on price and not much in performance,nevertheless it would be nice to have two newcomers in the new era.
I'm wondering how good Audi will be to be honest. It is a really huge brand in the world and we can see its name in some other motorsports as well. But Formula 1 is a completely different field in motorsports. It isn't easy for any giant brand to become one of the bests in the sport in a short time. Audi will need to allocate a significant level of budget for the quality of its car and the whole crew both.
By the way we have seen some rain in Free Practice. This helped us see different names reaching top places in these sessions. We watched fast laps in FP2 but Verstappen was quite slow against many of his opponents. Leclerc became the fastest of the day and his time was quite near the one Russell took the pole position with last season.
Perez was alarming again with that crash as well. I hope he can concentrate on his work more in qualifying.