Mekies after Saturday Austin: 'Even stronger'

Published on 19 October 2025 by Niels Hendrix

Laurent Mekies, CEO and team principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing, said after the Saturday in Austin at Circuit of the Americas: “This has been a very strong day for us and that was down to a great effort from everyone back in Milton Keynes and here at the track. It started off with Max winning the sprint race. It’s true that we got a bit lucky with both McLarens out immediately after the start. But Max drove a very strong race, defending against George to pick up maximum points and more importantly some very useful information on how the car is behaving on long runs.”

Mekies added: “As for qualifying, we made use of what we had learnt from the sprint to change the set-up for the rest of the weekend. Max’s qualifying was even stronger than Friday’s sprint quali, which means the team did a great job, going in the right direction.”

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