Laurent Mekies believes that Red Bull Racing will start the 2026 F1 season on the back foot compared to other teams who have been making F1 engines for decades, as well as supplying them to other teams. However, he has a plan to come back fighting. At the Red Bull Racing livery launch, Mekies said…
Red Bull Racing were the first team in 2026 to lift the curtain to showcase the colours of their F1 challenger. They came together with the Ford Racing team at the Michigan Central Station in Detroit to unveil the liveries of both Red Bull teams. Back in 2023, Red Bull Powertrains and Ford confirmed a…
It was a turbulent year for Red Bull Racing, with both Christian Horner and Helmut Marko leaving the F1 team. In an exclusive interview with Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf” Red Bull sporting project director Oliver Mintzlaff looks back at 2025, a year where he needed to make some tough decisions. Mintzlaff more present at Red…
The final standings are set, Max Verstappen has given up his crown of F1 World Champion to Lando Norris, and the 2025 Formula 1 season is officially over. Laurent Mekies has offered some insight into the Red Bull teams’ 2025 racing ethos, with the team finishing third in the Constructors’ Championship. Their junior team, Racing…
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has explained why Max Verstappen did not play games with the McLaren drivers during the F1 Abu Dhabi GP. Despite taking a dominant win, the Dutchman missed out on the Drivers’ Championship to Lando Norris by two points in an extraordinary season. It was a stunning turnaround led by Red…
Red Bull Racing have officially announced Isack Hadjar’s promotion from Racing Bulls to the senior team for the 2026 F1 season. He is set to partner the four-time world champion, Max Verstappen. This move has come at the expense of Yuki Tsunoda, who has failed to make a lasting impression since his promotion earlier in…
Max Verstappen turned a difficult weekend into a crucial victory under the lights at the F1 Qatar GP. Red Bull started on the back foot, several tenths slower than McLaren on Friday. The team worked through set-up changes, closed the gap, and gave Verstappen a car he could fight with. In the race, he delivered…
After Yuki Tsunoda qualified 19th for the 2025 F1 Las Vegas GP, Laurent Mekies reflected on a weekend that quickly unravelled following the difficult session. Red Bull chose to start Tsunoda from the pit lane, and an early stop put him onto a stint on hard tyres before switching to a set of used medium…
Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies praised Max Verstappen’s performance at the 2025 F1 Las Vegas GP, where the Dutchman claimed his 69th career victory. Starting from 2nd, the four-time World Champion made a superb start and went on to control the race from lights to flag. Speaking in his post-race print media session, Mekies…
The F1 São Paulo GP began as a nightmare for Red Bull Racing Team Prinicipal Laurent Mekies when both drivers got knocked out in Q1 of qualifying. This marked the team’s first double Q1 elimination since 2006, as well as Max Verstappen’s first Q1 elimination since Sochi 2021. Verstappen opted to start the F1 São…
