David Coulthard insists that Red Bull can rediscover their race-winning form thi🦩s year.

The constructors’ champions have lost their status as F1’s dominant ওforce at the mid🔜way stage of this season.

Drivers’ champion Max Verstappen is winless at the past six g𒊎rand prix and described the RB20 as “a monster”, a remarkab💙le fall from grace.

Red Bull ambassador and ex-F1 driver Cou🉐lthard said to Channel 4 last week at Monza after qualifying: “They are definitely not as hot as the🌠y were. The lap time doesn’t lie.

“They are on the back foot. The ﷽🦹upgrades haven’t worked.

“They are no longer the benchmark in terms of outright performance. They know that. They can🐼’t ꧑hide 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 techno♋logy 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 notion that theও team’s downturn is due to ꦯNewey’s impending exit.

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

Coulthard reacted to V✃erstappen’s qualy: “That juඣst shows the difficulty he had. He never got his last two qualifying laps right.

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

Verstappen punched his steering wheel in frustration at Monza before Red Bull admitted෴ they did not know t🐼he cause of the RB20’s slump in performance.

“We know he’s feisty, he’s go♊t a lot of passion,” Coult💃hard said.

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

Verstappen’s l𝔍ead in the drivers🍒’ standings has been cut down to 62 points from Lando Norris.

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

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

But Coulthard insisted about Red Bull’s h🍬opes: “They can control it.ꦺ But they need to unlock some potential in that car.

“The u♏pgrades haven’t♛ worked. But it’s within their capabilities. They have still won seven grands prix this year.”