Mekies after qualifying Monaco: 'Always the belief that we can win'

Published on 07 June 2026 by Niels Hendrix

Laurent Mekies, CEO and team principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing, said after the qualifying in Monaco: “This is a great result for the team and a clear step forward in terms of performance, if you look at where we were two or three races ago. We can be very proud of the job done by everyone back in Milton Keynes and at the race track. Of course, we can never be completely happy, missing pole by four hundredths, especially in Monaco but it’s a great result for the team with a few fantastic laps from Max to get us to the front row, and with Isack in P5.”

Mekies added: “So far this weekend, it has been very tight between the four teams at the front and even though we looked strong on Friday, others were clearly much faster than us. In FP3, we felt we had lost some performance compared to Friday, but we were able to put the car in a better window in time for qualifying. Sunday, the key will be to get a good start, which we know is proving tricky this year, for some of us out there. Can we win? There is always the belief in the team that we can.”