Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko believes Ferrari will have a hard time in today’s race…
Helmut Marko: “Ferrari did a great job in qualifying. But we lost quite a bit. Three tenths – this is thanks to the slipstream, in reality we lost no more than a tenth. Right up to the final, there was an equal fight, and in the final, Ferrari used a slipstream, so our gap is not as great as it seems.
Carlos starts behind anyway due to a penalty and might have sacrificed a lap – it was a smart decision on their part, and we wanted to get the highest possible positions for both riders.
Let’s see what will be the alignment of forces in the race. We have already seen some problems with Ferrari engines. With such heat, they are unlikely to risk driving the entire distance at full power. Honda engines do not have such problems, we have no doubts regarding their reliability.”
