Overview

• Red Bull has Tsunoda’s RB21 at Zandvoort running a package he describes as "quite close" to Max Verstappen’s after recent upgrade alignments.
• A revised floor added around Belgium and Hungary cut Tsunoda’s qualifying gap to within roughly three tenths of Verstappen, according to team-side accounts.
• Tsunoda acknowledges an agreed timeframe to show form for his 2026 prospects and says he must convert pace into points.
• Team boss Laurent Mekies says Red Bull is not rushing a call on Verstappen’s future team-mate after seeing Tsunoda’s step at Spa and Budapest.
• Cost-cap limits on duplicate parts mean full parity may not hold at every round, and the team concedes the RB21 still needs work after Hungary struggles.