Mekies completes his first day as Red Bull's team boss

Having been promoted from Racing Bulls to Red Bull, Laurent Mekies has completed his first day as Red Bull's team boss, spending Thursday at Silverstone as the Milton Keynes-based outfit carried out a filming day.

Just two days after last Sunday's British Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing announced that Christian Horner will leave the team with immediate effect.

The Briton has been at the helm for almost the entire team's history in F1 but his exit follows a couple of troublesome years of internal struggles since Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz passed away.

Horner has been in charge of Red Bull since the team entered the sport in 2025, serving as team principal for two decades. During that time, the 51-year-old Briton has led Red Bull to six constructors' and eight drivers' world championship titles.

On Thursday, Mekies travelled the few miles north from the Red Bull Technology Campus to join the Silverstone-based outfit at a planned Filming Day, with the RB21, at Silverstone on Thursday.

Commenting on his first day as Red Bull's team boss, Mekies stated:“I look at this Team as most outside look at them, we see the very best people in the world at what they do.

"That’s what this Team is, even from being a competitor previously you look at Red Bull Racing as being the sharpest team, having managed to accumulate the best talent to work together.

"It is a privilege to join the Team and the focus will be on making sure all the talented people here have what they need to perform at their best, because they are already the very best.

"We will be focussing on that and making sure the Red Bull energy is flowing through the Team. We are not underestimating the challenge ahead, we will need everybody and we will go about it together and I am sure with everyone’s contributions we will tackle this challenge.”