Overview

• Yuki Tsunoda has become the first Red Bull driver—excluding retirements—to go seven consecutive Grands Prix without scoring points since his April debut at the Japanese Grand Prix
• He has scored only seven points this season compared to Max Verstappen’s 187, a gap that would leave Red Bull last in the standings without Verstappen’s tally
• Laurent Mekies says the team’s second-seat priority is to provide Tsunoda with technical upgrades, simulator work and confidence rather than replace him midseason
• Following a new floor introduced at Spa, Tsunoda reduced his qualifying deficit to Verstappen to just 0.163 seconds at Hungary, marking his closest margin in four years
• Red Bull attributes their struggles at the Hungaroring to track-specific factors and is targeting a turnaround at upcoming races such as Zandvoort