Racing Bulls’ greatest and worst moments from 2026 up to now and driver head-to-heads

Racing Bulls have emerged because the leaders of the midfield pack throughout the primary half of 2026, the squad having risen to fifth within the Groups’ Championship after a number of double factors finishes. Going ahead, can they preserve their rivals at bay and declare the most effective end within the staff’s historical past? Right here is their half time period report…

Greatest end

Liam Lawson – sixth in Monaco and Nice Britain

The season shortly received off to a strong begin for Racing Bulls, with rookie Arvid Lindblad scoring factors on his debut in Australia whereas Liam Lawson added to the tally with a P7 on the subsequent spherical in China.

Extra top-10 finishes have been to return throughout the subsequent few races, nevertheless it was in Monaco that the drivers sealed their first double factors results of the marketing campaign, Lawson main the best way in sixth forward of Lindblad in seventh.

That very same end result was repeated on the British Grand Prix, with that haul proving precious in transferring Racing Bulls to inside one level of Alpine as they fought for fifth within the standings. The squad would go on to topple their Enstone-based rivals two rounds later in Hungary.

Qualifying head-to-head

Lawson 6-5 Lindblad

Contemplating that it’s his first season in System 1, Lindblad has acquitted himself nicely towards Lawson – one thing that significantly exhibits within the Qualifying statistics, the place the pair are virtually on equal footing.

Lawson simply holds the sting over his staff mate by six to 5, although Lindblad is accountable for the staff’s greatest grid slot of the season up to now through his P7 on the Belgian Grand Prix.

Race head-to-head

Lawson 8-3 Lindblad

It is usually Lawson who leads the race head-to-head numbers, having crossed the road forward of Lindblad at eight Grands Prix – although the hole between them has usually been small.

By way of non-finishes, Lawson has up to now recorded one retirement in Miami, whereas Lindblad didn’t begin the Canadian Grand Prix resulting from a clutch challenge on his automobile.

Greatest second

There have been loads of highlights for Racing Bulls throughout the primary half of the season, together with a string of double factors finishes for Lawson and Lindblad.

However maybe the most effective second of all was leapfrogging Alpine to take P5 within the Groups’ Championship thanks to a different top-10 consequence for each drivers on the Hungaroring, a goal that Crew Principal Alan Permane admitted the squad had “all been working so onerous in the direction of”.

“It’s a good way to complete off the primary half of the season,” Permane added. “We at all times goal for operational perfection and we got here very near that immediately.”

Worst second

Racing Bulls have loved a powerful run up to now in 2026, having scored factors at each spherical – with the one exception being Miami, which maybe marked the staff’s hardest outing up to now.

On a busy Dash weekend, Lindblad missed out on precious working after a technical challenge left him unable to begin the 100km sprint, whereas Lawson ended the occasion exterior of the factors in P14.

Issues didn’t enhance a lot on Sunday for the Pink Bull sister outfit. Lawson recorded his solely DNF of the season up to now following contact with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, and Lindblad didn’t have the tempo to climb by means of the order, the Briton crossing the road down in P14.

Going ahead

Having ended the primary half of the season with that a lot sought-after P5 within the standings, Racing Bulls can be eager to maintain the momentum going into the rest of the marketing campaign and retain their place on the head of the midfield.

Permane sounded a assured be aware forward of the summer season break, the Crew Principal stating that the squad could be “returning even stronger in Zandvoort”.

As for the drivers, Lawson – who’s presently ‘better of the remaining’ in P9 of the Drivers’ Championship – has set the goal of “scoring factors in as many weekends as we are able to” relatively than aiming for a particular place, with the New Zealander hoping that the outfit may be the “greatest midfield staff”.

Lindblad is equally centered on taking issues race-by-race, his aim being to “attempt to do the most effective I can” and “maximise each time I get within the automobile”.

Ought to Racing Bulls retain that fifth place on the finish of all of it, the consequence would mark the strongest end within the staff’s historical past, with sixth being the most effective up to now throughout their earlier guises as Toro Rosso, AlphaTauri, RB and their present identify – that means that it’ll certainly be a key goal to carry onto it going ahead.