Overview
- Max Verstappen reported loud failures of Red Bull’s team radio at the Singapore and United States Grands Prix that he described as a “disaster,” prompting urgency from the team.
- Red Bull carried out a wide technical investigation and made multiple engineering and operations changes ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix, which Mekies called a “big deep dive.”
- Mekies told media on Friday that initial feedback in Mexico showed radio communications were at a much better level on both cars and he hopes the issue is fixed for the race.
- On the first day in Mexico, Verstappen ran only in FP2 and finished fifth while the team placed fifth and sixth in the session, reflecting improving but uneven on‑track form after an 'untidy' Sunday in Austin.
- The team treats the solution as developing rather than final and will judge success by stable, race‑weekend communications that affect strategy, safety and performance over coming events; team morale has also been reported as more positive since recent leadership change.