After what Max Verstappen y Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez climbed to the top of the podium at the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 of the Formula 1where Fernando Alonso came in third place, the Mexican driver made a sarcastic comment during an interview.
“It’s nice to see three cars from Red Bull on the podium”, mentioned the man from Guadalajara causing laughter from Verstappen and Alonso who were next to him.
Why did Checo Pérez say that?
The Mexican pilot made this comment because This year’s Aston Martin car (AMR23) was designed by several members who were part of the Red Bull team, where most of the car was manufactured by its technical director Dan Fallows, former coach of the Austrian team.
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Helmut Marko also accused them of ‘plagiarism’!
After the race at the Bahrain International Circuit, Helmut Marko, Red Bull adviser, he went against Dan Fallows, a former coach of the Austrian team, due to the design of the RB19 in favor of the AMR23.
“It’s true, what Fallows had in his head cannot be erased. Focus copying is not prohibited, but can you copy in such detail without having documentation of our car? […]. We’ve had three Red Bulls on the podium today, only the last one with a different engine! (Aston Martin has the power unit from Mercedes),” he told Servus TV.
And it is that Dan Fallows He was in charge of creating and designing Fernando Alonso’s car, inspired by the genius behind Red Bull’s successes: Adrian Newey.
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