Red Bull boss warns Silverstone struggles may continue: 'Spa is a track in that category'

The Austrian team endured a difficult weekend at Silverstone. Max Verstappen was on course for a podium finish until a rear-wing issue caused him to crash out. The Dutchman explained after the race that finishing in the top three would have painted a false picture.

Speaking to GPblog, among others, Mekies explained that he expects a similar weekend at Spa, due to the circuit's layout. He began: "It's a good representation of the complexity of where we are with the cars. Now, a week ago we were fighting for the win [in Austria] and pretty much a few days later here in Silverstone we were hitting some pretty strong limitations that stopped us from extracting everything we could out of our package.

Still, the Frenchman also stressed that the team will work on finding as much performance as possible to become more competitive at Spa ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.

He continued: "So it doesn't mean that we give up and we turn the page. It means that we will need sooner or later to improve also on that. It's about improving at 360 degrees. That's what we try to every day.

"So I hope we can be in a slightly better shape in Spa, but you are right in saying that from characteristic perspective, it should be quite similar to Silverstone. And then hopefully Budapest gives a different picture," Mekies concluded.

Verstappen delivered a sarcastic verdict when asked about the next race at Spa, and also the Italian Grand Prix in September. "Spa and Monza are going to be great, yeah.