It’s been one of the recurring patterns in the first half of the season: where the Red Bull RB21 car has a very narrow operating window and is particularly tricky to handle, but the Racing Bulls VCARB 02 car has proven to be far more forgiving.
That’s been a factor in the storming debut of Isack Hadjar, but also in the ongoing struggles with Red Bull’s second seat. Early in the year, Yuki Tsunoda impressed at Racing Bulls, but now he’s facing the same difficulties as the previous team-mates of Max Verstappen. The opposite is true for Liam Lawson: after being dropped by Red Bull after just two races, he’s found his confidence again at the sister team - leading to eighth place in Hungary and ahead of Verstappen.
