Both drivers have spent time in our simulator preparing, and are ready for the weekend.
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Red Bull's design guru, Adrian Newey admits that the 2026 regulations emphasis on power units will present he and his colleagues with a whole raft of challenges.
Performance Director Tom McCullough discusses Fernando's new multi-year deal with the team, the test posed by Shanghai International Circuit, and the first Sprint weekend of the season.
Red Bull Advanced Technologies and AVL are to join forces in developing cutting-edge lightweight fuel cell technology.
Max Verstappen continues to express concern over the direction the sport is heading, particularly in terms of active aero.
The team has been working extremely hard and we have been able to bring an upgrade to one car this weekend, one race earlier than planned.
The headline results didn't necessarily show it, but we made solid progress with our car in Japan. We are looking forward to building on that this weekend.
Of all the circuits we've raced at so far this year, it would seem the Shanghai International Circuit may not be the best suited to our car.
Alpine has announced that Singaporean Formula 4 driver Kabir Anurag has joined its academy.
For the drivers, the teams and indeed for Pirelli, it's pretty much a matter of starting from scratch, given that the data references for Shanghai are very vague.
Returning to China is a great moment for our team and our sport as a whole: we also celebrate Zhou's first ever home race - we expect an incredible welcome for him and the team.
Shanghai has lower cornering speeds and a very long back straight, as well as a decent length pit straight as well, so that should suit our car.
RB chief executive, Peter Bayer believes that Yuki Tsunoda has improved mentally over the winter, though stops short of claiming that the Japanese driver could yet find himself promoted to the 'big team'.
His new contract, which sees him remain with Aston Martin for the 2026 season, will see Fernando Alonso reunited with Honda.