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Max Verstappen's Red Bull head-on in Austin with the Ford badge on its nose circled and labelled Red Bull Ford engine, under the words Their own engine, now it wins, and a chip reading 3 wins in 4

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.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 19, 2026

Max Verstappen lifting the trophy after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, his first win of 2026, beside the words 0 wins in 15, 3 in 4, and a strip of his 19 rounds with wins in rounds 16, 17 and 19

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Max Verstappen's 2026 season, measured: no wins in fifteen rounds, then three in four

Max Verstappen went fifteen rounds of 2026 without a win and retired four times, then won at Sepang, Singapore and Mexico City to climb to second. Every race, every retirement, and what he said on the radio.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 19, 2026