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Mekies after qualifying Hungarian GP: 'Grip has been an issue from the start'

Published on 02 August 2025 by Coen Versteeg

Laurent Mekies, team principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing, said after qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix: "We have not had an ideal weekend so far and we have been struggling to get the car in the right window, including in qualifying. Grip has been an issue, pretty much from the start of free practice. We have tried many things across both cars, with both Yuki and Max and it is fair to say we have not given our drivers the car they wanted. Have we really cracked it? No, but now we have plenty of data help us figure out what the issues are. If we are to improve we must use days like this constructively, to ultimately be better. It’s uncomfortable but you can learn from these situations. Yuki was knocked out of Q1 by only a couple of hundredths, and he was actually quite close to Max in both his runs, but we just didn’t have performance in the car. Max made it quite impressively through to Q3, despite our struggles and where he qualified is probably a true picture of where we are this weekend so far. We have a lot of work ahead of us to unlock the performance, but we will keep fighting and tomorrow will be a very different set of conditions. We are potentially going to have high temperatures in the race and we will see what we can do. We will be racing at a very impressive new look Hungaroring and we must credit the incredible work done here to completely transform the race track in just one year, with new garages, grandstands and a total overhaul. Well done to everyone involved, it’s a super venue to go racing in."