Having spent years under Christian Horner’s leadership turning the engines down on a Friday, Christijan Albers believes new team principal Laurent Mekies’ call to tackle practice head-on led to Max Verstappen’s Italian Grand Prix victory.

It’s a philosophy used by McLaren to great success, with the Woking team on course for the championship double.

Red Bull’s new Friday philosophy paid off at Monza

Although Red Bull won three Drivers’ titles with Verstappen and two Constructors’ in the ground-effect aerodynamic era, the team’s form has suffered over the last 18 months while McLaren has come to the fore.

Facing questions about Verstappen’s Formula 1 future as well as its first defeat in the Drivers’ standings since 2020, Red Bull parted ways with long-serving team principal Horner aft

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