Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has told Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez that tyre conservation will be vital in Saturday’s sprint race in Austria. Verstappen took P1 with a mighty final sector on his final run in qualifying to beat the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who looked set for a
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko believes that race engineers are making life too easy for their drivers at the moment, and he has called for the regulations to be altered. During the race, there are dozens of radio messages exchanged between drivers, engineers and team principals that entail all sorts of different things. The
MoreRed Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko wants his team to focus amid the excitement of their home race in Spielberg this weekend. The Red Bull company was founded by Dietrich Mateschitz in 1984, and their headquarters are in Fuschl, around 119 miles north-west of the Red Bull Ring, where the circus goes racing this weekend.
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko was left annoyed after a difficult Friday for his team in Silverstone. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez only managed a handful of install laps during FP1 when it was mostly rained off, and the Dutchman ended P4 ahead of the seventh-placed Mexican in the second session as they managed
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has urged his team to stay vigilant as they continue their surge for 2022 championship glory. The Austrian side made a less than ideal start to the season as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both retired from the Bahrain Grand Prix with fuel pick-up issues, before the Dutchman was
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has criticised the technical directive introduced by the FIA during last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Mercedes drivers George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton both endured physically demanding races in Baku due to the bouncing issue which is caused by the low ride height of the ground effect-based cars. Having
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Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren are all said to be bemused as to how Mercedes happened to have an extra floor stay ready, despite the new directive only being announced on Thursday. In a bid to look out for drivers’ long-term health and limit the risk of injury due to “porpoising” and bouncing, the FIA
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko is not impressed with the changes made by the FIA to try to clamp down on “porpoising” and bouncing. Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have been vocal in recent months over the potential health risks attached to the “porpoising” phenomenon that arrived with the new ground effect
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Dr Helmut Marko does not believe Ferrari’s form in the last three races is entirely reflective of how the 2022 title fight is going to go down. Charles Leclerc retired from the lead of the race in both Spain and Azerbaijan after suffering reliability failures. Team-mate Carlos Sainz suffered the same fate last weekend in
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was seen having a chat with Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko in Baku, presumably to speak about the Frenchman’s next steps in Formula 1. Gasly was demoted back to junior team Toro Rosso – now AlphaTauri – midway through 2019 after a torrid half season with the Austrian side that year,
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