Why Red Bull's F1 2026 delay has given Yuki Tsunoda fresh hope

Red Bull has delayed making a decision on its 2026 F1 driver line-ups as it works out what to do and how to do it.

Replacing Yuki Tsunoda with Isack Hadjar has seemed Red Bull's most likely play for quite a while, so all expectations are that Max Verstappen will go into 2026 with yet another new team-mate.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko previously indicated that a decision would be made after the Mexican GP weekend, allowing Red Bull to then rapidly confirm its 2026 driver plans between Mexico and Brazil. But that's no longer the case.

00:00 A new dilemma
02:00 Risk of distraction
04:19 Tsunoda or Hadjar?
06:48 The knock-on effects

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