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Dutch Grand Prix: Race team notes - Red Bull

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23/08/2026

Liam Lawson: "It was a pretty lonely race for me today. We just didn't have the pace to fight with the guys in front so it was tricky.

"I'm happy I got points for the Team. I knew coming into the weekend it'd be difficult, especially at a circuit like Zandvoort where you need a lot of confidence in the car, but I feel like we extracted everything we could. It was a shame to see what happened to Max. That part of the track was incredibly slippery, on slick tyres it was so easy to lose the car there. I was right behind him, so it was a pretty scary moment. I'm glad he's okay. It's never easy stepping into an entirely new car, but the Team did a good job in making me feel comfortable, and I'm grateful for the opportunity."

Max Verstappen: "It was a shame how my race ended today, but I am all okay. It looked like it was dry in that spot, so I tried to accelerate and it just caught me out. I was a bit unlucky, lost the car and went into the wall unfortunately. We didn't have the pace this weekend to fight for the win, which is something that we still need to work on. I have mixed emotions as it was positive seeing so many fans here for one final time but obviously a huge shame and quite disappointing to not finish the race. Luckily, we have such positive memories here and were able to achieve great things at this track, so I want to thank the fans for all the support. It has been something really special and I hope they have enjoyed it as well over all these years."

Laurent Mekies: "A difficult weekend for the Team in Zandvoort. First of all, I think the most important thing is that Max is okay. It was a pretty big shunt and we were all glad to see him get out of the car unharmed. That's what matters the most.

"Performance-wise, there's nowhere to hide. It was a very tough weekend, and it seems like we have taken a bit of a step backwards compared to where we were before the summer break. Of course, we'll never know what the real pace of the car would have been in the race with Max, but it's fair to say that as the sessions progressed it was clearly more difficult for us than in Austria, Belgium or in Hungary.

"Beyond that, Liam did a good job stepping into Isack's car this weekend. It's never easy to step into a different team and different car but he did very well. He was just one tenth away from Max yesterday in Qualifying and today took he the points that were available to him with the seventh place. Even though he wasn't in the cockpit, Isack with us this weekend, taking the learnings from it and that will help us to all push together as strongly for the next race.

"A lot of work for us to do, to regroup and to see whether the competition has done a better job on upgrades, or whether something has limited us more than it should have here in Zandvoort. That will be the task over the next two weeks, before we fight back in Monza."

Check out our Sunday gallery from Zandvoort here.

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