Red Bull F1 Advisor Shocked as Mercedes and Ferrari Struggle to Keep Up

Red Bull F1 motorsport adviser Helmut Marko says Mercedes and Ferrari appear to be struggling to understand why, despite their pedigree and resources, they are falling behind. I admit I am surprised. Mercedes in the F1 Monaco GP and Ferrari in the F1 Spain GP will introduce a major upgrade to the 2023 F1 machine. However, when the lid was opened, championship leader Max Verstappen won the ‘Grand Slam’ by 24 seconds.

“I think we had a really good car last year and we have developed it further,” Marko said. “I’m surprised our rivals didn’t close the gap at all”, “I hear constantly about upgrades and more upgrades, but I don’t see anything like that in Stopwatch”, “This is what we’re doing well. But I guess it just means that the rivals aren’t doing so well.” As for Mercedes, they’re happy with the obvious step forward of their B-car with its Red Bull-like sidepods. “They took a big step and set a very good lap time,” Marko said. “But as long as we’re still relatively ahead, we can stay calm.” That comes down to the fact that as the season progresses, Red Bull’s wind tunnel time will become more restricted and penalties for violating the budget cap will come into play. Despite this. “In that respect, we are calm,” Marko insists. “What’s in the pipeline has been planned for a long time. We’re two or three seconds behind the tenths.” “Other teams can copy us as much as they want,” Verstappen told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I don’t care. Our team will continue to bring updates and get better and better as well.” admits “I hope it doesn’t because it’s not good for F1,” Wolff told Osterreich. “But they have a car that can do that. We have the best drivers to counter it, but we have to get the car right to prevent that.”