{"id":48428,"date":"2025-10-10T20:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mekies-takes-merit-in-red-bull-f1-resurgence-verstappen-praises-him\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T20:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:54:42","slug":"mekies-takes-merit-in-red-bull-f1-resurgence-verstappen-praises-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/mekies-takes-merit-in-red-bull-f1-resurgence-verstappen-praises-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekies Takes Merit in Red Bull F1 Resurgence: Verstappen Praises Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mekies remains humble in the face of Red Bull&#8217;s improvement, Verstappen praises his impact<\/h2>\n\n\nRed Bull boss Laurent Mekies is sticking to his stance of not taking credit for the team&#8217;s notable performance improvement under his leadership, something Max Verstappen considers to be &#8220;too kind.&#8221;\n\nSince Mekies took office in July, Red Bull&#8217;s performance has taken a dramatic turn.\n\nVerstappen achieved a podium finish at the Dutch Grand Prix after the summer break, followed by consecutive victories in Monza and Baku, before securing second position at the Singapore Grand Prix.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s still zero, guys. It&#8217;s still zero,&#8221; Mekies declared to reporters on Sunday night when asked if he would reconsider the credit he can take.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Laurent Mekies<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMekies has maintained the same stance since Verstappen&#8217;s victory in Monza in September, downplaying his impact since taking office.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1006%2Fr1556375_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen (izquierda) junto a Laurent Mekies (derecha).\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nVerstappen (left) next to Laurent Mekies (right).\n\nMekies explained that the improvement in performance is due to the collective work to analyze the car&#8217;s limitations and optimize its potential, with key contributions from Verstappen.\n\nThe Dutch driver has praised Mekies for his work, highlighting his sensible approach to car setup, stemming from his engineering experience.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I think Laurent is probably too nice in that sense,&#8221; Verstappen said when informed of Mekies&#8217; comments.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Max Verstappen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nVerstappen emphasized teamwork and the analysis of details to identify weaknesses, which has led to a notable improvement in recent races.\n\nThe driver added that they now better understand the areas for improvement and that, thanks to the right questions, including Mekies&#8217; participation, the team is working well.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mekies remains humble in the face of Red Bull&#8217;s improvement, Verstappen praises his impact Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies is sticking to his stance of not taking credit for the team&#8217;s notable performance improvement under his leadership, something Max Verstappen considers to be &#8220;too kind.&#8221; Since Mekies took office in July, Red Bull&#8217;s performance has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5578,443,444,9369],"class_list":{"0":"post-48428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-f1","7":"tag-laurent-mekies","8":"tag-max-verstappen","9":"tag-red-bull","10":"tag-singapore-gp"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}