Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton have admitted Red Bull might remain invincible in F1 until 2026, such is their advantage.
have admitted Red Bull might remain invincible in F1 until 2026, such is their advantage. Red Bull have dominated since midway through 2022, the first year of F1’s current regulation cycle, and have won 21 of the last 22 races.
The Milton Keynes outfit is currently enjoying an unbeaten start to the 2023 season, having been victories in all 12 races so far, withLeclerc and Hamilton are the only non-Red Bull drivers to have claimed pole positions this year. Leclerc, who proved to be Verstappen’s nearest challenger in the first half of 2022 before his title challenge spectacularly collapsed, reckons Red Bull will be hard to catch before the end of the 2025 season, when the next set of regulations come into force. "For sure they have a really big margin and it's going to be very difficult to catch them before the change of regulations,” Leclerc said. Asked if he agreed with Leclerc’s assessment of Red Bull’s dominance, seven-time world champion Hamilton said: “The fact is they are ahead, and most likely have been developing next year's car already a month before everybody else as they're 100, 200 points ahead in the championship. "So it's very, very possible that Charles could be right, but we're working on the steep gradient trying to develop, and get ourselves to close the gap. Whether or not we can next year will be proof within that, I hope we can.”
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