Red Bull‘s Internal Competition Intensifies โas โคRacing โBulls Struggle
The competitive dynamic between red Bull Racing and its sister team, Racing Bulls, is becoming increasingly fraught, a situation exacerbated by the stark performance disparity between the โtwoโค outfits.โ While โred Bull fights for โthe Formula 1 championship, Racingโค Bulls’ consistent struggles are creatingโข internal friction and raising questions about resource โallocation within the association.Thisโ internal challenge mirrors a past scenario in 2019,when pierre Gasly was driving for Toro Rosso (now Racing Bulls). Despite Gasly achieving 18 Q3 appearances and 12 top-seven finishes, accumulating the โฃmajority of โฃToro Rosso’s 142 points, Red Bull’s championship focus โallowed bothโข teams to operate without directโ rivalry. The current situation is different; Racing Bulls’ inability to โขconsistently score points, coupled with the strong โฃperformance โขof Red Bull Racing, is โฃcreating a noticeable imbalance.
Yuki Tsunoda โrecently ended a seven-race point-less streak at Zandvoort, but โคcontinues to lag behind โpotential replacement Isack hadjar, consistently finishing โขa secondโฃ slowerโค in qualifying despite challenging โtraffic conditions. This โperformance gap โunderscores the team’s difficulties and fuels speculationโ about future driver lineups and the overall direction of the Racing Bulls project.
The situation is further intricate by the potential for Hadjar, currently excelling in formulaโ 2, to challenge for a Red Bull seat in 2026. โThe teamโ now faces a decision: continue to develop Racing bulls โas a genuine stepping stone for future talent,โค or risk internal conflict by prioritizing the championship-contending Red Bull Racing team above all else.