Red Bull is set to see out the F1 2025 season with much the same car it had at the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
New team boss, Laurent Mekies, has confessed that the RB21 raced by Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda will receive only \u201cminimal\u201d upgrades for the balance of the season.<\/p>\n
Laurent Mekies: Minimal development for remainder of F1 2025<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher<\/p>\n
Red Bull has slipped to fourth in the Constructors\u2019 Championship, more than 40 points adrift of third-placed Mercedes.<\/p>\n
Of its 194 points, 187 have been scored by Verstappen, who has carried the team much as he did through F1 2024.<\/p>\n
While the Dutchman was able to wrestle his car in the early race last season to establish an unassailable advantage in the drivers\u2019 championship, that has not been the case this time around.<\/p>\n
The RB21 has proved a difficult beast to tame, even allowing for Verstappen claiming two race wins, with Mekies suggesting it\u2019s unlikely to get much better before the season is out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe season is still very long,\u201d he told the media, including PlanetF1.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if car development is going to heavily slow down, or is pretty much going to be minimal from now on, we still have a lot of things we can learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
That includes lessons born from a disappointing Hungarian Grand Prix, where Verstappen was capable of only ninth and Tsunoda 17th as the squad struggled for pace across the weekend.<\/p>\n
However, the underwhelming Hungarian GP isn\u2019t necessarily indicative of the season to date, nor necessarily representative of how it might fare for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe accept the fact that we are probably not very strong on a track like [the Hungaroring],\u201d Mekies said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo question, McLaren are faster, but look at Spa, Max was able to fight, certainly on Saturday, and surprise everyone in the sprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are able to extract a bit more of the car thanks to weekends like [Hungary], then hopefully we can put a better fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
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