Red Bull F1 motorsport adviser Helmut Marko believes that despite their pedigree and resources, Mercedes and Ferrari appear to be struggling to understand why they are lagging behind. Mercedes at the Monaco F1 GP and Ferrari at the Spain F1 GP will introduce a major upgrade to the 2023 F1 machine. However, when the shutter was opened, championship leader Max Verstappen won the ‘Grand Slam’ by 24 seconds.
“I think we had a very good car last year and we have developed it further,” said Marko. “I’m surprised our competitors weren’t closing the gap at all”, “I keep hearing about upgrades and more upgrades, but I don’t see anything like that in Stopwatch”, “This is what we are” n do it well. But it probably means that the competitors are not doing so well.” As for Mercedes, they are happy with the obvious step forward from their B car with its Red Bull-like side thumbs. “They took a big step and set a very good lap time,” said Marko. “But as long as we’re still relatively ahead, we can stay calm.” That comes down to the fact that, as the season progresses, Red Bull’s wind tunnel time will become more limited and penalties for breaking the budget cap will come into effect. Despite this. “In that regard, we are calm,” Marko insisted. “What is coming has been planned for a long time. We are two or three seconds behind the tenths.” “Other teams can copy us as much as they want,” Verstappen told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I’m not worried. Our team will continue to bring updates and get better and better too,” he admits “I hope it’s not because it’s not good for F1,” Wolff told Osterreich. “But they have a car that can do that. We have the best drivers to oppose it, but we have to get the car right to stop that.”
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