Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that there will be an opportunity for world champion Max Verstappen to leave if the performance of the car begins to deteriorate. Verstappen agreed a lucrative contract with the Milton Keynes side over the winter having dramatically sealed his maiden world championship with them in 2021. He
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Dr Helmut Marko has fired a jibe at Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez, despite the Mexican outqualifying Max Verstappen at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc has beaten Carlos Sainz in both the qualifying and race battle in each of the opening two rounds of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, while
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Dr Helmut Marko has not ruled out the possibility that Red Bull may opt to bring Pierre Gasly back into the main fold, thus leaving Sergio Perez out of a seat. Gasly spent 12 races alongside Max Verstappen in 2019 at Red Bull, and found himself out-qualified 11 times, while failing to get on the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that his team are planning an upgrade ahead of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that should help them counter their weight problems. The weight limit for the 2022 cars was set at 795kg due to the new technical regulations that made the cars naturally heavier, but
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko predicts that Mercedes may be able to get to the bottom of the issues that have plagued them in the early going of 2022, but maintains that he prefers a championship battle with Ferrari. Mercedes and Red Bull spent 2021 battling for title glory while Ferrari, a far cry
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has been slammed for making a “totally inappropriate comment” about Sergio Perez and today’s missile strike in Saudi Arabia. Free Practice Two at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was delayed after a missile, fired by Houthi militants in Yemen, struck close to the street circuit. Specifically, the
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Mercedes have praised the efforts of George Russell in the Bahrain Grand Prix, affirming that the 24-year-old could not have extracted more out of the car than a fourth-placed finish having qualified ninth. Russell ended qualifying on Saturday in Bahrain a second off team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes’ fears of an underperforming car proved
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An unnamed Formula 1 team has reportedly claimed that Red Bull’s devastating double non-finish at the 2022 Bahrain Grand prix was down to a lack of fuel towards the end of the race. As a result of radical changes to the cars under brand-new technical regulations, the FIA increased the weight limit of the cars
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Mercedes’ George Russell has reiterated that the Silver Arrows are a significant margin away from where they would like to be, but has “faith” that they can get to the bottom of the issues they have faced in the early part of 2022. Russell ended the season-opening 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix in fourth after a
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that he was not in awe of Mercedes’ sidepod design in Bahrain, but noted that they appeared unconvincing during last year’s test and still won the Constructors’ Championship. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Bahrain with unique “zero pods” as they attempt to tackle the
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