The early races have suggested that Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Aston Martin are set to dominate the top 10 in both qualifying and races, leaving everyone else to challenge for rare opportunities to break into the points.
RB now leads that group after Yuki Tsunoda secured seventh place in the high-attrition Australian Grand Prix, having qualified an encouraging eighth.
"The team topping that midfield is sixth, that's where we are right now," Mekies told Autosport.
"It probably reflects where we have been in every race for these first three races, with our ups and downs.
"It's only race three, it's a long way to go. And we know that classification is actually is going to change, because we see now that one team brings a one-tenth update, and it's going to happen many times, and you will move up and down that that group.
"So it's both a development race and a perfect-execution race. Which is fantastic, it's great for the fan, it's great for all of us as competitors. It's also how we grow, how we learn, and I'm very proud that the team could execute perfectly with Yuki in Australia."
Source: Autosport