Red Bull “never stopped believing” in chase for first hybrid era teams’ title

With Max Verstappen having already secured his second drivers’ crown at Suzuka, the Milton Keynes team finally won the constructors’ version in Austin, ending an eight-year run by Mercedes since the new power unit rules were introduced in 2014.

The success came just a day after the team was rocked by news of the death of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

Prior to the race the Austrian was remembered on the grid with a round of applause, with past Red Bull…