Dr. Helmut Marko is a bit done with the drama that takes place around it Max Verstappen. The Limburger seemed to have a chance of victory in two races, but in both cases a problem with the engine throws a spanner in the works. According to Marko it should be over once: “It makes no sense this way.”
Verstappen and Red Bull had hoped to wash away the dirty aftertaste of Monza at Mugello, but were unable to do so. Where Verstappen also had to give up at Monza with an engine problem, he had to do the same during the Grand Prix of Tuscany. Shortly after the start, he lost power and dropped back to midfield. There he ended up in the crowd and was tapped from behind which caused him to crash. For two weekends in a row, Verstappen has seen a potentially good result go up in smoke due to problems with his engine. Earlier in the season, the Honda engine also played a part in his bid to compete for the championship. Marko recognizes that things must improve quickly.
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What exactly went wrong at Mugello, Marko does not yet know, but what he does know is that it cannot continue like this. “We don’t know exactly what went wrong yet, except that the problem has to do with the electronics and that it has some similarities with the problems on Monza,” the Graz CEO told the German media. It is an understatement that improvements must be made quickly at Red Bull and Honda. “It doesn’t make any sense like this,” Marko snarls.
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According to Marko, Verstappen could have won again if his car hadn’t let him down. The Austrian points to the podium place of Alexander Albon to emphasize the strength of the RB16 at Mugello. “We have now seen with Albon that our speed is very competitive and that our tire wear is better than with Mercedes. So with Max we had a real chance to win “, says Marko.” All in all it was a turbulent game with a bad ending for us. ”
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