David Coulthard insists that Red Bu൲ll can rediscover their race-winning form this year.

The construcꦬtors’ champions have lost their status as F1’s dominant force at the midway stage of this season.

Drivers’ champཧion Max Verstappen is winless at the past six grand prix and described th🅰e RB20 as “a monster”, a remarkable fall from grace.

Red Bull ambassador and ex-F1 driver Coulthard said to Channel 4 last week at Monza after ♛qualifying: “They are definitely not as 🍰hot as they were. The lap time doesn’t lie.

“They are on the back foo♓t. The upg♑rades haven’t worked.

“They are no longer the be🌄nchmark in terms of outright performance. They know that. They can’t hide from it.

“They need to get the group of people that have designed a brilliant race 🐽car last year - a car which has won seven races this year, but the upgrades aren’t working - 🤡they need to find something.”

Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s chief technology🦩 officer, is among the group who designed the RB20 but has not had a race-to-race role since Miami because he is 🐭set to leave.

Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have dismissed the🐈 noti🉐on that the team’s downturn is due to Newey’s impending exit.

Last weekend at the Italian Grand🐟 Prix, Verstappen’s woes were clear to see. He qualified seventh𓃲 and finished the race sixth.

Coulthard reacted to Verstappen’s qualy: “That just shows th𝔉e difficulty he had. He never got 🐼his last two qualifying laps right.

“That is very unusual for Max. H𒊎e might make a mistake﷽ on one - but on both? To be at the same lap time as Checo?”

Verstappen pജunched his steering wheel in frustration at Monza before Red Bull admittღed they did not know the cause of the RB20’s slump in performance.

“We know he’s feisty, he🍰’s got a lot of passion,” Coulthard said.

“When you’re winning, ev🌄erybody loves you. When things aren’t going well, that raw passion comes through again.”

Verstappen’s lead in the drivers’ standings has been cut down🎶 to 62 poi♊nts from Lando Norris.

More problematically f𒁃or Red Bull, their lead in the constructor’s championship is now just eight points ahead of McLaren.

Giveဣn McLaren’s form, they are now arguably the favourites to take that crown this season.

But Coulthard insisted about Red Bull’s hopes: “They can control it. But they need to unlocᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚk some potential in that car.

“Th𝐆e upgrades haven’t worked. But it’s within theirꦅ capabilities. They have still won seven grands prix this year.”