Hadjar says Red Bull is quicker to find a suitable setup for the RB22

Isack Hadjar says Red Bull is finding a suitable setup for the RB22 more quickly. Setup changes now seem logical to him; even when a change points in the wrong direction, he says, the team is increasingly able to understand why the car responds as it does.

That marks a change from the start of 2026, when Red Bull struggled to get the RB22 into its operating window. Hadjar recalled leaving Budapest dissatisfied with how the car felt; when he returned to Baku two months later, he said it felt more coherent and better under control.

Hadjar says practice sessions have become more useful and tyre behaviour has improved since the latest update. He expects Red Bull’s performance to keep fluctuating, but says he does not expect the team’s difficulties to become as severe as they were earlier in the season.

Ahead of Singapore, Hadjar said he still sometimes felt limited by the RB22 when riding kerbs. He was not necessarily referring to a kerb strike: even a slightly bumpy track, he said, could leave the car out of balance.