Red Bull Racing will start the 2027 season with the new wind tunnel. Until then, they still have to use the old wind tunnel, which dates back to World War II. Max Verstappen is convinced that a few limitations with the car have been caused by this and hopes Red Bull can make a big step forward in that area. Red Bull has been working for a longer time on a new wind tunnel, which will eventually allow the Austrian team to leave its current facility behind. Verstappen sees this as an important development for the team. The current wind tunnel is among the oldest in Formula 1 and, according to the four-time world champion, that can now be a limitation. "Hopefully the correlation in the wind tunnel, with a new and the latest type of wind tunnel that you build, will all be a bit easier to understand with the car," Verstappen told Viaplay. "Instead of a wind tunnel that comes from World War II," he laughed. "So of course you hope that as a team you can make a step there as well." The Red Bull driver explicitly sees the current facility as one of the factors that can limit the team: "That is certainly one of the big fundamental problems with the wind tunnel," he continued. When asked whether the old facility can actually be a limitation regarding the development of the 2026 and 2027 cars, Verstappen answered clearly: "Absolutely." Max Verstappen hopes correlation improves with the new wind tunnel - Photo: Red Bull Content Pool Verstappen gave Red Bull homework after Zandvoort Until then, Red Bull will have to make do with the tools the team currently has. That becomes even more important now that the competition continues to develop during the season, although Red Bull