Mekies: No silver bullet — just many small gains
Red Bull has surged with consecutive victories for Max Verstappen, including a dominant Monza win by the largest margin of the season and another controlled triumph in Baku. Yuki Tsunoda added his best result of the campaign in Azerbaijan, hinting the RB21’s recent upgrades — notably a revised floor — are working.
But team boss Laurent Mekies is keeping a lid on talk of a full‑blown turnaround. He says performance is down to a “combination of a lot of small details,” not a single fix, and insists Red Bull is focused on itself rather than how its form impacts McLaren’s title bid: “Whether that has an effect on what McLaren does, honestly, I don’t know; it is probably none of our business.”
Key takeaways from Red Bull’s step
- Upgrades paying off: The floor update is part of a broader set of tweaks that “extracted more performance out of the car.”
- Confidence breeds gains: With belief increasing, the team can “take a bit more risk every race” and unlock lap time.
- Context matters: Despite the momentum, Mekies remains wary of track‑to‑track swings, noting McLaren’s might at venues where Red Bull has previously been weaker.
Even with Verstappen cutting into his rivals’ points leads, Mekies refuses to declare a corner fully turned. The message is clear: progress is real, but perspective is essential — and the next races will reveal how robust the RB21’s form truly is.
