Racing Bulls team boss Laurent Mekies says losing Yuki Tsunoda to Red Bull was a success for his Formula 1 squad despite his fluctuating driver line-ups conflicting with the outfit's performance targets.
Mekies' squad has received "super ambitious targets" to fight in F1's tighter upper midfield, which the team slowly but surely is succeeding in. Strategic decisions have cost the Anglo-Italian outfit points over the first couple of race weekends in 2025, but it has otherwise produced a car capable of fighting for points, a battle decided by extremely slim margins this year as Racing Bulls trades blows with the likes of Williams, Haas, Alpine and Aston Martin.
