Laurent Mekis: At the stage in Japan, we will be able to add.

      Laurent Mekies is confident that despite all the difficulties faced by Red Bull Racing in China, the team will be able to achieve certain improvements by the Japanese stage of the championship.

      In the sprint, none of the Red Bull drivers managed to earn points, and in the Sunday race, Max Verstappen completed only 45 laps before having to retire due to technical issues with the power unit. However, Isaac Hadjar managed to finish 8th, and commenting on the weekend's results, the head of Red Bull Racing stated that the two weeks separating the stages in Shanghai and Suzuka should be enough to make progress.

      "If difficulties follow you from the very beginning of the weekend with the sprint, then this is the worst-case scenario of all possible ones, as you have very little time to recover and address the issues," Mekies shared. "We understood that simply starting in Melbourne with our own power units was an achievement in itself, but it would be naive to expect that we could avoid problems related to their reliability.

      In Max's case, we had to interrupt the race due to issues with the cooling system. But that wasn't the only problem, as we are also significantly lagging in terms of the car's efficiency. However, over the past few weeks, we have learned a lot, and I expect that at the next stage in Japan, the team will be able to improve.

      After this, since the two April races unfortunately had to be canceled, although it was inevitable, we will all have the opportunity to catch our breath, but we will be working hard at the base in Milton Keynes – as always.

      I am fully confident that thanks to the efforts of our talented engineers, we will be able to overcome what is currently hindering us and quickly achieve improvements... Of course, making up a second gap will be tough, as our competitors will undoubtedly also be able to move forward, but no one is giving up, and we continue to fight."