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Rahaan Mazumder

Isack Hadjar demands massive red Bull engine changes: “Everything is breaking apart”

Red Bull Racing is experiencing massively contrasting fortunes at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix. While Max Verstappen successfully secured pole position for Sunday's main event, his team-mate, Isack Hadjar, endured an absolute mechanical nightmare under the floodlights of the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

After suffering a terminal power unit failure that forced him to retire from Saturday's earlier Sprint race, the Red Bull mechanics completed an incredible, hurried effort to replace the engine components ahead of the evening qualifying session. However, the rapid repairs simply didn't hold up.

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