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Waché walks back joke about Red Bull power unit in Mexico

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Pierre Waché took back a joke about Red Bull’s new power unit behaving strangely in Mexico City, then said it was no different from normal.

GPBeat · Newsroom31 Oct 2026, 23:50 · 1 min

Asked in Mexico City whether Red Bull’s new power unit was behaving unusually at altitude, technical director Pierre Waché joked that it showed the same strange behaviour as usual. He then said it was a joke, asked for the remark to be removed and clarified that the unit was behaving no differently from normal.

On paper, Mexico presents a new combination for the Red Bull Ford Powertrains unit: the new engine regulations have removed the MGU-H, and the unit is making its first appearance at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, more than 2,000 metres above sea level. Ferrari team principal Frédéric Vasseur had warned earlier in the week about turbo lag and overheating.

Waché said Ferrari had been clearly the best in slow corners since the start of the year. He thought Red Bull was not far behind and hoped it could challenge Ferrari.

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