2023-09-13 13:36:53
Red Bull currently dominates Formula 1, setting new records in the field with 15 victories in a row for the team and 10 victories in a row for Max Verstappencurrent series.
In this context, some statements from the clan Mercedeswhich was the reference team between 2014 and 2020, did not go unnoticed: thus, when Lewis Hamilton mentioned the level of his teammates compared to those of Verstappenthe Dutchman’s response was to suggest that the seven-time World Champion was “maybe a little jealous” of his current success.
But above all, after the victory at the Italian GP, Toto Wolff seemed to downplay the importance that the record of consecutive victories could have, declaring that it was done “for Wikipedia”.
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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko said he was not more annoyed by such comments, believing that it said more about Mercedes than about his team: “That’s the difference [entre Mercedes et nous]”he told Motorsport.com.
“We look after our team to achieve the best possible performance, and we don’t worry about Mercedes until it is a serious competitor for us. We just mind our own business . We do our best and we don’t make up these kinds of stories like they do.”
Christian Horner et Helmut Marko.
Marko’s comments echo two of Verstappen’s, who felt that the German team was struggling to come to terms with defeat after so many years at the top: “I think Mercedes is having a hard time accepting defeat”he declared in Monza.
“That’s the problem when you’ve won for so many years, of course. But at the end of the day you have to be realistic: if it’s not possible [de gagner], then this is not possible. You have to be able to appreciate what the other teams are doing. That’s what we did during the years when Mercedes dominated.”
“At the time we just said to ourselves that we had to work harder, because at that point we just weren’t good enough compared to them. You can keep saying that the things we’re achieving right now aren’t that special, or at least that’s probably what they think, but at the end of the day you just have to focus on yourself because It’s the only thing we can influence.”
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