Max Verstapen: Red Bull Driver “Central” for the “Everst” project for 2026, CEO of Ford Jim Farley and Laurent Mekies | F1 news

Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, says Max Versaben is “one of the most important columns” for the success of the energy unit in Red Bull in 2026.

Red Bull Powertrains and Ford formed a technical partnership to build a new engine for new regulations 2026 Formula 1, which will surely spend the arrangement of the attackers.

Mercedes took control of the first chapters of the last power generation unit from 2014, and it is understood that it is confident from the engine next year.

Red Bull is currently using Honda engines, but the Japanese manufacturer will only provide Aston Martin from 2026.

VersapPen has a Red Bull contract until the end of 2028, and Farley, who attended the Italian Grand Prix, was impressed at the end of last week, the world champion four times.

Farley and Versaben was a meeting in Monza and Sky Sports News Keeping the 27 -year -old is a strategic priority for the Red Bull brand.

“I think this is one of the most important pillars of the success of PU (energy unit) Sky Sports News.

“We are talking to Max, we at Ford have already grown our respect for Max watching this year. The way he presented stability without drama in an environment in which we all try to take our functions. I can really see it in his eyes today against last year.

“It is one of the great things about Laurent and his team. All of them have this deep commitment to each other.”

In July.

Laurent Mixes replaced Christian Horner as CEO Red Ball and the team manager during that period, and the French says that Versaben “does everything in his power” to get a quick car in 2026.

“Max is doing more than just asking the numbers. You will be surprised. Max also gives a lot to projects outside the car. He only asks the numbers,” Mecs said.

“He tests the car in simulation devices, and works with engineers on both sides of the fence to understand how we develop these 2026 cars – where do we try to get power? Where do we try to get the lower directions? This is what is essential for the project.”

Farley: Michaz, the right leader for the Red Bull Ford project

After surprisingly dominant column and winning in Monza, Versabpen stated that the engineering background of Mekies “worked well” as he asked the right questions and the team asked the right direction.

It is a contradiction with former President Horner, who had a greater character than the path but not an engineer’s experience.

“I came here because I am a great believer to understand things with your eyes and ears, and I can clearly see Lauren’s influence,” said Farley.

“He is a fully suitable technical person for this change in 2026. He is the perfect leader. We are completely behind him and I can really feel it with the team.”

Red Bull-Ford will be against Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda and the new expatriates Audi with the possibility of significant differences in performance.

Wolf said that the Red Bull Ford project is similar to “climbing Mount Everest” as “they take over the manufacturers with decades experience.”

Mekies is consistent with WOLF’s comments and says it is a “crazy project” “that fits Red Bull and Ford cultures.

“It is a huge task to go to. We don’t know where we can compare us to the competitions,” he said.

“We are respected enough of the competition to say,” If these men do this for 50 years, 60 or 70 years, they start from scratch, get all our employees, get the whole process correctly, and all infrastructure will take some time. “

“We are doing it on the Red Bull-Ford Road. So, we do it at a higher level in each field. It is not about who will be the best team in the Barcelona test in January, but it is about who will get the project correctly and who will develop the project.”

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