Laurent Mekies believes he, as Red Bull team boss, played “zero” part in Max Verstappen’s victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Verstappen returned to the top step of the podium at Monza for the first time since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the start of summer, marking Laurent Mekies’ first Grand Prix win as team principal of the Milton Keynes-based squad since succeeding the axed Christian Horner after Silverstone.

Laurent Mekies: My level of contribution is ‘zero’

Having taken a surprise pole position on Saturday, Verstappen lost the lead of the race to McLaren’s Lando Norris when he ceded position after holding onto the lead by cutting the second corner while battling the British driver.

But the Dutch driver, unlike the state of play for most of the summer, kept in touch

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