Mekies: Red Bull in ‘No Rush’ to decide Vestappen’s Team-Mate for F1 2026

Red Bull Boss Laurent Makes have confirmed that their squad is “not in any hurry” to confirm their squad. Max VerustapaneTeam-Mate for 2026 Formula 1 campaign.

Four -time world champion’s current team partner Yuki Sunoda Has struggled since replacement Liam Lawson For three rounds after 2025, he got just seven points leaving him at 18th in standing.

So the goldsmith has not yet been signed for next year, although Red Bull has long been given trouble with his second seat in the form of Japanese driver, Lawson, Sergio Perez, Alex albon And Pierre Galli All are struggling.

Red bull is well known on the driver’s changes, which is looking at its luxury status of having a junior squad racing bulls on the F1 grid.

However, after seeing improvement from Sunoda in the last two rounds, which includes the best qualifying results of the year for the red bull in Belgium with the seventh, the Mackies does not see any reason for immediate changes.

“The reality for us is that we are not in any hurry,” Who became the F1 boss of Red Bull after the departure of Christian Horner in JulyTold the canal+.

“We are lucky for Yuki in the car; we have racing bulls, which are working very well, and where we can also evaluate our young drivers.

“Yuki took a real step at the spa and even in Budapest in terms of his deficit with Max. It was not very noticeable because we were not competitive in Budapest.

“So we will see. Liam is making a lot of progress in the racing bulls, doing an extraordinary work since the beginning of the Isac (Hudzar) season and surprises us in every race.

“If you see it from the red bull’s point of view, it is difficult to see why we will be in a hurry to make this decision.”

Mekies confirmed that Red Bull’s focus is in the rest of the 2025 campaign, Austrian organizations in the championship are fourth and third with 42 points. Mercedes,

“We understand the questions and the surrounding impatience,” he said. “But for us, this is the first and foremost that we try to keep our drivers in the best possible position for the remaining season and given where we are in a few months time.

“There are still 10 races. Then we will take the best possible decisions with all.”