How Red Bull’s 2025 turnaround will carry over to F1 2026
The 2025 Formula 1 season did not bring a new world title for Red Bull, but will nonetheless be remembered for Max Verstappen’s remarkable comeback. The Dutchman said in Abu Dhabi that he felt even better than he had 12 months earlier. This may sound surprising, given he was world champion back then, but at […]
“It’s going to hurt at some stage”
“If you want to be competitive, you need to be on the edge. If you are on the edge, it is going to hurt at some stage. It’s meant to happen.” That’s how Oracle Red Bull Racing’s CEO and team principal Laurent Mekies described the discipline of learning through difficult moments during episode one of […]
How Verstappen picked race-winning F1 Azerbaijan GP strategy for Red Bull
Just like at Monza, Max Verstappen stormed to a dominant Formula 1 win at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with the reigning world champion once again playing a bigger role than just the driving, according to Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies. In Italy, Verstappen insisted on using an extremely low-downforce set-up, even though some senior […]
What’s behind Mekies’ extreme modesty after Monza victory?
Following Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, both advisor Helmut Marko and his driver were quick to praise new team principal Laurent Mekies. Marko stressed that Red Bull no longer blindly followed the simulator, calling this part of a “new philosophy”. Verstappen added that Mekies asked the right questions throughout […]
The new Red Bull philosophy behind Verstappen’s surprise F1 Italian GP win
The Italian Grand Prix resulted in a dominant victory for Max Verstappen, at the track where Red Bull struggled massively last year and where Verstappen described the car as “a monster.” Twelve months on reality looked very different, helped by a specific low-downforce rear wing, a fresh Honda power unit and above all a slightly […]