Exclusive: Red Bull issue 'not satisfied' vow until crucial F1 target achieved

Red Bull will not consider its project a success until it is winning world championships again, technical director Pierre Wache has declared, despite Max Verstappen's recent victories marking a major upturn for the outfit.

Verstappen took the chequered flag in Malaysia and Singapore, representing Red Bull's first victories since becoming its own power unit manufacturer.

After a difficult start to the new power unit regulations, the Milton Keynes-based outfit is on a strong run of form that has lifted it into contention for third in the constructors' championship.

Back-to-back wins have also put Verstappen just 17 points adrift of George Russell in second in the championship, representing small victories for the Austrian marque.

However, Wache made clear in an exclusive interview with RacingNews365 that results alone will not satisfy Red Bull's ambitions: it wants a championship.

Asked if there was ever any doubt that the project would not work this season, Wache was unequivocal.

"No, because you are never satisfied with what you achieve. The main benefit for us is to make sure that we push until we achieve something. You never know when it will happen. 

"And if it doesn't work, you learn something and go back again. It's a learning process and a target to win not only a race but a championship.

"Then it's a constant. While we're not winning the [drivers'] championship and the team is not winning the [constructors'] championship, we are not satisfied, and the doubt is there about everything we are doing. 

"But it's not a doubt about our capacity to achieve it."

Pierre Wache reveals 'most difficult' F1 challenge facing Red Bull

Wache also addressed the broader challenge facing any team attempting to rebuild towards the front of the grid, insisting that out-thinking rivals is harder than simply holding an organisation together.

Discussing whether it is more difficult to keep a winning operation intact or to climb back to that level, Wache explained that turnover within a team is a natural part of progress.

"It's difficult to keep. I think a winning organisation is always dynamic anyway," began explaining Wache. 

"Changes happen because of the ambition of people, the development of people, and also because you want young people to grow," he said.

"Also, this, I would say, is difficult, but it's not the most difficult thing. Clearly, winning against this competition is very difficult. It's very difficult to win against a competitor. 

"It's what makes this sport fantastic, because it's not easy. It's one of the most difficult engineering competitions in the world. That is what is more difficult: to find better [ideas] than others."