Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies has stated his Formula 1 team’s struggles couldn’t be fixed simply by copying elements of a more consistent Racing Bulls car.

With an excellent third place behind the indomitable McLarens in the Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes showed that they have located and solved the problems of the past few months, in contrast to Red Bull Racing,

F1 is entering the so-called “silly season,” the time when contract talks and rumors fill the vacuum with four weeks to wait until the next Grand Prix.