Laurent Mekies takes charge of Red Bull as its new team principal for a first F1 weekend since Christian Horner’s sacking. Max Verstappen has already held “multiple” talks with the Frenchman during “intense weeks”,

Red Bull has replaced Christian Horner with a long-time F1 engineer, who is already calling on his experience as he meets his new team

Laurent Mekies has admitted he initially hung up the phone after Red Bull offered him the chance to takeover as team principal.