The 10 worst Red Bull F1 driver decisions

Red Bull’s F1 driver line-up is changing yet again for 2026 and there’s a lot at stake – but its decisions will have to backfire quite spectacularly to end up among Red Bull’s worst.

00:00 Worst Red Bull decisions
00:12 #10: A mid-season debut with no testing
01:19 #9: The first big driver fallout
02:11 #8: Briefly giving up on its own
03:20 #7: A THIRD stint at the junior team
04:25 #6: A messy in-season overhaul
05:36 #5: Verstappen’s first real victim
06:45 #4: An unusual stop-gap
07:40 #3: The fastest demotion of all
08:38 #2: Knee-jerk signing swiftly abandoned
09:47 #1: Costly misplaced priorities

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