Red Bull's Late Surge, Early Struggles

On April 30th, Red Bull's team boss, Laurent Meckys, just owned up to a tough call from last year.

Their big push to fix the car late in the 2025 season gave them a killer comeback,

but it left them starting the 2026 year.

On the back foot, still, he says they'd make the same move all over again, no hesitation.

Back in 2025, things looked rough early on.

McLaren took the lead in both constructors and driver's standings, with Lando Norris

and Oscar Piazztry out front. Red Bull and Max Verstappen flipped the script after the summer break,

charging hard till the end. They wrapped up third in constructors behind McLaren and Mercedes,

with Verstappen grabbing second in the driver's title, right behind Norris.

That late surge showed real grit from the Milton Keynes crew, turning heads across the grid.

Meckys broke it down in the Sky Sports Chat, giving props to the team for not quitting when odds were

long. He admits the focus on 2025, hit their 2026 prep, but it's no excuse for current struggles,

just one piece of a bigger puzzle. The fire is still burning at Red Bull, same as that epic turnaround.

They're tackling the complex fixes head on, motivated to pull off another miracle,

and get competitive fast. This has been F1 News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey, with the story.