Pink Bull have been branded because the “greatest disappointment” of the 2025 F1 season by Ralf Schumacher.
Pink Bull have struggled for efficiency this season and fallen to fourth place within the constructors’ championship, a whopping 365 factors adrift of McLaren who’re on track to retain their title.
The group’s aggressive woes have seen Max Verstappen slip out of title rivalry and all however finish the Dutchman’s hopes of profitable a fifth consecutive world title regardless of some good drives which have seen him win two races.
Verstappen might solely qualify eighth on the grid and slumped to a ninth place end final outing on the Hungarian Grand Prix as Pink Bull’s underwhelming marketing campaign continued previous to F1’s summer time break.
Former F1 driver Schumacher feels Budapest marked Pink Bull’s lowest level and claimed the group have “pale into irrelevance” in the course of the season.
“In the event you have a look at the outcomes now, you actually should say – and other people gained’t like me for saying this – the most important disappointment from a group perspective must be Pink Bull,” Schumacher advised the Backstage Boxxengasse podcast.
“Positive, they began the season OK, however now they’ve actually pale into irrelevance. And the low level was actually Budapest.
“I can’t even keep in mind the final time Max Verstappen – outdoors his time in Toro Rosso – was that far again.”
Pink Bull are having their worst F1 season since 2020
Pink Bull’s season to neglect
Verstappen has scored 187 of the group’s 194 factors with Pink Bull’s second driver downside exhibiting little signal of coming to an finish.
Liam Lawson was signed to switch Sergio Perez for 2025 however lasted simply two races earlier than his nightmare spell was dropped at an finish.
Pink Bull subsequently selected to swap Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda who has fared higher, however continues to be lagging behind Verstappen and struggling to adapt to the RB21.
Pink Bull’s season has additionally been overshadowed by the departure of Christian Horner, who was sacked following the British Grand Prix after 20 years on the helm of the Milton Keynes squad.
In some optimistic information, Verstappen has confirmed that he’ll keep at Pink Bull subsequent season amid intense hypothesis linking him with a transfer away.
Pink Bull are going through the prospect of not profitable a world title for the primary time since 2020.
