Helmut Marko, Red Bull F1 Motorsport Advisor, said the Red Bull RB18 still had “unknown” issues and was “surprised” by Ferrari’s pace in Australia.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc showed the dominant strength to achieve a Grand Slam-por position, lead all laps, fastest lap, win-on the F1 Australian Grand Prix weekend.
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez came in second, but finished 20 seconds behind Ferrari, who was in his class at Albert Park on Sunday.
Max Verstappen retired for the second time in three rounds of the season, lamenting the car’s breakdown as “irritating and unacceptable.”
Helmut Marko, Red Bull F1’s motorsports adviser, has revealed a little more about what happened to Max Verstappen.
“Gasoline leaked, but we don’t know where and how it leaked,” Helmut Marko told Sky Sport Germany after the race.
“I was leaking a lot of petrol anyway, so I told him I needed to stop right away, preferably where there was a fire extinguisher.”
Helmut Marko added that Red Bull Racing is currently struggling not only with the engine, but also with budget limits limiting the development area of the car in some places, “balancing” where to go next. “.
As a result, Helmut Marko feels that it may take some time for things to improve again from a Red Bull Racing perspective.
“We’re not just having these reliability issues that are really little unknown and completely unknown.”
“The other is this important issue. We are much heavier there than Ferrari. There is a budget cap, which is a difficult balancing act.”
“Difficult times are in front of us. I was surprised at the speed of Ferrari today.”
Charles Leclerc pulled Max Verstappen apart on every restart of the safety car and continued to put out the fastest lap of the race.
“They didn’t have to pay more attention to the tires than we did,” Helmut Marko explained of Red Bull Racing’s inferiority.
“Ferrari belonged to its own class. Unfortunately, we were clearly behind, even though (Sergio) Perez drove a great race.”
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