Crimson Bull Group Principal Laurent Mekies admits that “with the ability to combat for the win” throughout the Singapore Grand Prix “means lots” after Max Verstappen completed second in Sunday’s race.
The four-time and reigning World Champion entered the race in Singapore having claimed two wins on the bounce after Red Bull discovered additional efficiency from its RB21.
Whereas Verstappen was unable to win at Singapore – nonetheless the one venue on the present F1 calendar the place he has but to face on the highest step – the Dutchman pushed winner George Russell throughout at a monitor the place Crimson Bull has struggled the previous few seasons.
“With the ability to combat for the win right here, it means lots,” mentioned Mekies concerning the workforce’s efficiency. “After Monza, Baku, it was very totally different. You by no means know till you’re coming.
“We have been capable of be in the fitting rhythms from Friday. We had been in the fitting rhythm in Qualifying. It was very, very near name, and we had been in the fitting rhythm within the race.
“When you look, we completed a couple of seconds away from George. That is excellent news. It signifies that what now we have unlocked isn’t solely low downforce particular.
“We won’t change our method. We’ll proceed to take it race by race. We’ll proceed to take the learnings.”
Crimson Bull’s elevated efficiency within the final three Grands Prix has crucially come on very totally different circuits, with Monza and Baku requiring a low downforce set-up whereas Singapore required a better downforce configuration.
Regardless of lacking out on a hat-trick of victories, Verstappen outscored Drivers’ Championship chief Oscar Piastri and McLaren workforce mate Lando Norris for the third consecutive race, and now sits 63 and 41 factors behind respectively with six Grands Prix and three Sprints remaining.
“I feel everyone has been working extraordinarily onerous in Milton Keynes, from race one to now, and by no means giving up on attempting to unlock the potential of that automobile. It’s honest to say that the progress in the previous few weeks have been fairly spectacular,” added Mekies.
“And it is credit score to everybody, once more, again at house, which have by no means given up. It is credit score to Max, that has been, together with his sensitivity, pushing us to discover totally different avenues. And at last, we discovered an avenue that unlocked a little bit of efficiency.
“There isn’t any single silver bullet. So, there have been a great circulate of updates. There have been alternative ways to run the automobile.”
