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Hadjar cannot promise Red Bull will repeat strong Mexico City starts

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Red Bull’s starts improved markedly in Mexico City, but Isack Hadjar says he cannot promise the team will repeat them. He wants to understand why they worked so well.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Red Bull’s strong starts in Mexico City have not persuaded Isack Hadjar that the team can repeat them. Ahead of the 2026 São Paulo Grand Prix, the Frenchman said he could not confidently predict that Red Bull would reproduce those starts. He also did not want to dismiss Mexico as a fluke, crediting the work Red Bull had done since Austin.

Red Bull’s starts had been a persistent problem through the 2026 season, with unpredictable clutch delivery repeatedly costing Hadjar and Max Verstappen positions at the first corner. In Austin, Hadjar fell back from third on the grid after what was described as an uncontrollable clutch overdelivery at the getaway.

No hardware fix had been introduced before Mexico, yet launches for both cars improved markedly there. Verstappen turned fifth on the grid into a win. Hadjar said the next goal was to understand why the starts worked so well, reproduce them through the end of 2026 and take another step in 2027.

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