Overview

• Yuki Tsunoda will spend the summer shutdown in Red Bull’s Milton Keynes factory simulator to investigate performance shortcomings after failing to score in his last seven races.
• Team advisor Helmut Marko and boss Laurent Mekies have confirmed there will be no mid-season driver change and that all options for 2026 remain open until after the summer break.
• Tsunoda’s lack of points over the last seven weekends contrasts with Max Verstappen’s 63 points in the same period, underscoring the gap between Red Bull’s drivers.
• Red Bull strategically took a grid penalty at the Hungarian Grand Prix for power unit and brake cooling changes, which yielded strong practice pace but race setbacks and communication lapses hindered results.
• Mekies emphasized his priority to provide Tsunoda with the resources needed to close the gap to Verstappen and improve consistency for the constructors’ championship fight.