Key Highlights Racing Bulls will decide whether to retain Liam Lawson or promote Nikola Tsolov for the 2027 Formula 1 season. Lawson has scored 89 points and beaten team-mate Arvid Lindblad on merit in qualifying and races across the last five rounds. Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies says Racing Bulls has no reason to ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen surged from 21st on the grid to finish second at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, defying simulator predictions despite struggling with car balance. Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies acknowledged that McLaren and race winner Lando Norris held a pace advantage over the RB22 at Interlagos. Isack Hadjar secured a career-best ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen climbed from 21st to second at Interlagos after starting at the back because of an engine penalty. Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said no simulation could have predicted Verstappen gaining 14 places in five laps. Verstappen remains second in the driversâ standings with 279 points as the battle for runner-up ...
Key Highlights: Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will start the Brazilian Grand Prix from the back of the grid due to an engine penalty. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are also facing grid drops, with Russell hit by a five-place penalty and Hamilton’s penalty extent pending confirmation. The grid reshuffle impacts ...
Key Highlights: Ferrari’s opening-lap squabble at Turn 4 between Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton triggered immediate scrutiny from rivals at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Team principal Laurent Mekies questioned the FIA’s delayed ruling and five-second penalty for Leclerc, calling the sanction “a bit light” after Leclerc had already pulled a five-second gap. A rapid ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen qualified with the pace for pole in Mexico City, but a Turn 13 lock-up and a Friday grid penalty drop him to fifth on the grid. Persistent clutch and launch issues continue to plague Red Bull Racing, raising major concerns on the long run to Turn 1 at the Autodromo Hermanos ...
Key Highlights Laurent Mekies confirmed that Racing Bulls will maintain full autonomy over its 2027 Formula 1 driver line-up, independent of Max Verstappen or Red Bull Racing. Both Verstappen and Liam Lawson were issued one-place grid penalties following on-track contact during second practice for the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen criticized Lawson’s driving as “not very ...
Key Highlights: Red Bull is preparing to transition away from its 70-year-old Bedford wind tunnel to a brand-new, modern facility built at its Milton Keynes campus. Laurent Mekies confirmed the new installation is scheduled to come online during the next season, targeting aerodynamic work for the second half of the 2027 car and most of ...
Key Highlights Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies warns that Mexico City’s high elevation and intense cooling demands could create a one-off shake-up in Formula 1’s competitive order. Despite an early power unit issue for Isack Hadjar in opening practice, Red Bull reported no unforeseen complications directly caused by altitude. Red Bull’s advanced Milton Keynes ...
Key Highlights: Red Bull’s upcoming state-of-the-art Milton Keynes wind tunnel will not become operational until the 2027 season, pushing back initial plans targeting 2026. Team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed the facility will most likely impact the latter half of the 2027 challenger and the majority of the 2028 car. Despite relying on an aging Bedford ...
Key Highlights Isack Hadjar walked back some of his harsh post-race remarks from Austin, admitting he should have kept certain criticisms private while maintaining that open dialogue helps the team improve. Red Bull’s post-race analysis revealed they were not open-minded enough regarding a one-stop strategy at the United States Grand Prix, which triggered race-management confusion ...
Key Highlights: Aston Martin’s chief trackside officer Mike Krack has firmly reiterated the team’s long-term commitment to its works partnership with Honda, brushing off paddock rumors linking them to Red Bull Powertrains. Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed that while the Red Bull-Ford power unit project has drawn widespread interest, the squad is not ...