{"id":15201232,"date":"2026-07-08T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/why-red-bull-and-max-verstappen-struggled-at-silverstone-and-expect-the-same-at-spa\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:34:26","slug":"why-red-bull-and-max-verstappen-struggled-at-silverstone-and-expect-the-same-at-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/why-red-bull-and-max-verstappen-struggled-at-silverstone-and-expect-the-same-at-spa\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Red Bull and Max Verstappen struggled at Silverstone \u2013 and expect the same at Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although Red Bull topped the initial internal combustion engine rankings \u2013 something that is partly due to how each manufacturer has chosen to run its power unit during the opening Formula 1 races of 2026 \u2013 the newcomer still appears to be lacking on the electrical side.<br \/>According to Max Verstappen, that becomes particularly apparent at energy starved circuits, where energy management plays &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/why-red-bull-and-max-verstappen-struggled-at-silverstone-and-expect-the-same-at-spa\/10837235\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-F1&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/why-red-bull-and-max-verstappen-struggled-at-silverstone-and-expect-the-same-at-spa\/10837235\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-F1&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sports \u2013 Racing \u2013 Motorsports.com \u2013 F1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Red Bull topped the initial internal combustion engine rankings \u2013 something that is partly due to how each manufacturer has chosen to run its power unit during the opening Formula 1 races of 2026 \u2013 the newcomer still appears\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15201234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15201232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-620x413.jpg",620,413,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-940x627.jpg",940,627,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing.jpg",1200,800,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing.jpg",1200,800,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15201232-max-verstappen-red-bull-racing-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a 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