Has Max Verstappen still got something left in the tank? We all know that Max Verstappen has not had the best run of results this season. But could this be due to the new regulations? Red Bull not being good enough? Or is Max simply having “bad luck”? His history in F1 has most certainly seen many highs but very few lows thus far — from him being the youngest ever driver to start and win a race (17 years and 166 days;18 years and 228 days), to becoming the most dominant driver on the grid during the 2022 and 2023 seasons (with 15 and 19 wins, respectively). His 2023 season was the closest we have ever seen to F1 perfection, with him winning an astonishing 86% of the races. However, after a dominant season by McLaren in 2025, which saw them finish 364 points ahead of second-place Mercedes, Max was riding off an amazing second half of the season, getting 256 points from the final 12 races compared to 165 from the first 12. His miraculous comeback in the championship saw him go from 70 points behind Lando Norris and 104 points behind Oscar Piastri after the Dutch Grand Prix (race 15) to 2 points behind Lando and 11 points ahead of Oscar at the end of the season after 24 races. Whilst Max is outclassing his teammate, Isack Hadjar, by a margin of 12-4 in terms of points, qualifying tells a completely different story. Fast forward to 2026, and we now have a rocket ship in Mercedes’ hands. Red Bull, having adapted pretty poorly, scored only 16 points in the first three races and now sits in 6th place in the WCC, meaning that if this poor form continues, they are looking at their worst result since 2008.