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Red Bull's 2026 season, measured: its own engine, three wins in four, and the best reliability record of any manufacturer
Red Bull build their own power unit for the first time in 2026, with Ford. After fifteen races without a win, Max Verstappen won at Sepang, Singapore and Mexico City, and cars with that engine have the lowest non-finish rate of the five manufacturers. The season race by race, with three drivers.
For the first time, Red Bull build their own Formula 1 engine. They did it with Ford, for the new 2026 rules, and after nineteen races the cars carrying it have failed to finish less often than those of any other manufacturer. For fifteen of those races, they also had no win. Then Max Verstappen won three of the next four.
Red Bull and Racing Bulls cars with the Red Bull Ford power unit have been unclassified in 8 of 76 entries, 11%, the best rate of the five engine makers. Toto Wolff has said Red Bull has the best combustion engine of all by the FIA's own measure. The wins came at the Bahrain Grand Prix, held at Sepang, and in Singapore, both from pole, and in Mexico City from fifth on the grid. The team has moved up to third in the constructors' championship on 382 points, 17 ahead of McLaren.
It has also needed three drivers. Isack Hadjar broke his wrist over the summer break, and Liam Lawson drove his car for three races until Hadjar came back in Baku. Every message from Monaco, where both Red Bulls had power problems on the same afternoon, is in our Monaco Grand Prix 2026 race radio archive.
Every race of their 2026 season
The first seven rounds:
Round
Grand Prix
Verstappen
Second car
1
Australian
6th
Hadjar, retired
2
Chinese
Retired
Hadjar, 8th
3
Japanese
8th
Hadjar, 12th
4
Miami
5th
Hadjar, retired
5
Canadian
3rd
Hadjar, 5th
6
Monaco
Retired
Hadjar, 3rd
7
Barcelona
4th
Hadjar, 6th
Finishing positions in each Grand Prix.
Rounds 8 to 19:
Round
Grand Prix
Verstappen
Second car
8
Austrian
2nd
Hadjar, 6th
9
British
Retired
Hadjar, 5th
10
Belgian
3rd
Hadjar, 6th
11
Hungarian
2nd
Hadjar, 6th
12
Dutch
Retired
Lawson, 7th
13
Italian
3rd
Lawson, 14th
14
Spanish (Madrid)
2nd
Lawson, 6th
15
Azerbaijan
2nd
Hadjar, 3rd
16
Bahrain (at Sepang)
Won
Hadjar, 5th
17
Singapore
Won
Hadjar, 10th
18
United States
3rd
Hadjar, 6th
19
Mexico City
Won
Hadjar, 9th
Lawson replaced the injured Hadjar from Zandvoort to Madrid.
The season in numbers
3 wins, all Verstappen: the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang and Singapore from pole, and Mexico City from fifth.
13 podiums: eleven for Verstappen, two for Hadjar, at Monaco and in Baku. Baku was their first double podium of 2026.
2 poles, Sepang and Singapore, the first poles of 2026 not taken by a Mercedes-powered car.
382 points, third in the constructors' championship: Verstappen 261, Hadjar 107, Lawson 14 in the Red Bull.
6 non-finishes in 38 entries: four for Verstappen, two for Hadjar, none since Zandvoort.
Red Bull Ford engine: 8 unclassified in 76 entries across both teams, 11%, the lowest of the five manufacturers.
The engine
Red Bull's power unit is its own, built by Red Bull Powertrains in partnership with Ford. The reliability comparison across all five manufacturers:
Power unit
Did not finish
Rate
Red Bull Ford
7 of 68
10%
Mercedes
21 of 136
15%
Audi
6 of 34
18%
Ferrari
19 of 102
19%
Honda
18 of 34
53%
Every Grand Prix entry of rounds 1 to 17, grouped by power unit. A car counts when it was not classified, whatever the cause, crashes included.
It has not been flawless. Verstappen's Chinese Grand Prix ended with an energy recovery coolant failure, and at Monaco his engine died as he dropped the clutch at the start. On the same afternoon Hadjar spent a long stretch of the race down on power, and still finished third:
Isack HadjarRed Bull · Monaco Grand Prix 2026 · Race · 15:37:07 local
DriverYeah, no power out of 8.
EngineerOut of 8. Yeah, copy that, mate. We can see the issue. We're trying to work on a fix. You're doing a great job. Engine 3, position 11. Engine 3, position 11.
"Yeah, no power out of 8." His engineer: "We can see the issue. We're trying to work on a fix."
Getting faster
Verstappen scored 49 race points in the first seven rounds and 192 in the twelve since, with a podium in every race he finished from Austria onward. After Spa, his engineer said what the numbers show: "The pace is getting better... we have more coming." At Monza Verstappen was blunter about where the car still falls short:
Max VerstappenRed Bull · Italian Grand Prix 2026 · Race · 17:10:46 local
DriverIt is a very nice podium. You can see clearly our weaknesses here. Sitting back on the street at the side, as you know.
"It is a very nice podium. You can see clearly our weaknesses here."
Three drivers in two cars
Hadjar scored 71 points in eleven races, with points in each of his last seven before he fractured his wrist in training. Lawson, dropped by Red Bull after two races in 2025, came back to the car for Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid and scored 14 points in it. Hadjar returned in Baku and finished third, then fifth at Sepang. In Singapore he started from the pit lane after power unit changes and took the last point, in Austin he let Verstappen through on team orders and finished sixth, and in Mexico City he recovered to ninth after being spun on the first lap. Each season is measured in Max Verstappen's 2026, Isack Hadjar's 2026 and Liam Lawson's 2026.
What is left
Four rounds remain: Sao Paulo, where Verstappen won from 17th in 2024, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Red Bull are third in the constructors' championship, 17 points ahead of McLaren, and Verstappen is second in the drivers', two ahead of Lewis Hamilton. The Sao Paulo times are in our Sao Paulo GP 2026 preview, the full table is in the 2026 standings, and every team's non-finishes in every 2026 F1 retirement.
What this measures, and what it does not
Results, grid positions and points come from formula1.com's official results and starting grids, and match the published standings after the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The engine comparison counts every car that was not classified, crashes included, so it is a guide to reliability rather than a pure measure of it. It was recounted on 17 October from formula1.com's classifications.
Quotes are taken only from lines where the speaker label and the words agree. Where we have shortened a message, the cut is marked with an ellipsis.
Frequently asked questions
Does Red Bull make its own engine in 2026?
Yes. 2026 is the first season Red Bull has raced its own power unit, built by Red Bull Powertrains with Ford. Racing Bulls use it too.
Have Red Bull won a race in 2026?
Yes, three times. After fifteen rounds without a win, Max Verstappen won the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang on 4 October and the Singapore Grand Prix on 11 October, both from pole, and the Mexico City Grand Prix on 1 November from fifth.
Who is driving the second Red Bull in 2026?
Isack Hadjar. After he fractured his wrist, Liam Lawson drove it at the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix, and Hadjar returned in Baku.
Is the Red Bull Ford engine reliable?
By our count it has the lowest non-finish rate of the five 2026 engines: 8 of 76 entries across Red Bull and Racing Bulls unclassified, 11%, with crashes included.
Sources
Results, grid positions and points: Formula 1 timing data via FastF1 and formula1.com results, matching the published standings after the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix
Every radio message quoted: our own team radio archive
Hear it from the car
"No power out of 8" went out on the radio long before anyone on television knew why Hadjar was slow at Monaco.
The Formula Dream app plays live driver radio as it is broadcast, transcript beside the audio, and collects every FIA document of the weekend as it is published, including the power unit element changes that come with a first-year engine. There is also a live timing Dashboard, currently in beta.
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