Red Bull boss delivers 'none of our business' message as McLaren face threat

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies believes it is "none of our business" over the impact the team's renewed threat will have on McLaren's championship hopes.

Max Verstappen won in Azerbaijan for his second straight victory to reduce Oscar Piastri's drivers' standings lead to 69 points, with Verstappen just 44 behind second-placed Lando Norris after a poor Baku for the leaders.

Piastri crashed out with Norris only finishing seventh, as Red Bull appears to have turned a corner in performance with its tricky RB21, aided by a recent floor upgrade proving transformational. 

However, as Verstappen meddles in the all-McLaren title fight, Mekies feels the team must not think about the impact of McLaren as it goes about its own job.

"I guess the short answer is that we do not think there is a silver bullet with a single aspect," Mekies told media, including RacingNews365. 

"We think there is a combination of a lot of small details that have extracted more performance out of the car, and of course, a part of that is the floor. 

"Part of it is some changes we have made, and to the extent of the competitiveness in different circumstances, the honest answer is that we don't know. We are obviously hopeful, but we'll soon find out. 

"The confidence goes up, so you can take a bit more risk every race and experiment a bit more and unlock more lap-time. 

"Whether that has an effect on what McLaren does, honestly, I don't know; it is probably none of our business, so we concentrate on ourselves. That is what we want to see.

"We want to see the car making progress in some areas, and if it works, it will be good against McLaren, and good against Mercedes and Ferrari."