Christian Horner’s exit from Red Bull will be music to the ears of under-fire driver Yuki Tsunoda. The long-serving boss has been replaced by Laurent Mekies, who was the Japanese racer’s boss at Racing Bulls in 2024, and at the start of the 2025 campaign.

Tsunoda has experienced a miserable season so far, scoring just seven points since replacing Liam Lawson and finishing 12th or worse in each of the last five Grands Prix.

"He's an incredibly experienced man, very close to the technology,” Schumacher told Sky Germany when asked about Mekies. “He understands the car, was also at Ferrari for a long time, is extremely knowledgeable, and also has that human element that Red Bull has been lacking a bit recently.

“Yuki Tsunoda will also be pleased to have this boss, who will support him a bit more. They obviously know each other very well. I think that was a very good decision, and above all, it also shows the dynamic at Red Bull with these two teams: how to develop personnel or people yourself in the sister team and then promote them. Mekies is absolutely ready, and I believe he will handle the task brilliantly."