I already said it Helmut Marko, advisor of Red Bullafter the Australian Grand Prix: the team could not be trusted given that Fernando Alonsothen, he was less than a race (25 points) behind Max Verstappen.
Now, after the sprint race and the Azerbaijan GPthe distance with respect to the Dutch is 33 units -yes, 33-, but from the team of energy drinks the fear has not decreased.
Why? Why worry about a team that months ago was the seventh car? Amen to the incredible evolution of Aston Martin in winter, the great fear of Red Bull are the consequences of the sanction for exceeding the budget limit and the reduction of time in the wind tunnel.
This, as the season progresses, will equalize the forces between the teams at the head of the grid, with those from Silverstone being their immediate pursuers.
Christian Hornerthe head of Red Bull, is clear that, when they arrive in Miami, the battle is between their drivers, whose difference is only six points.
“Well, right now it’s the two of them, there is a little difference between the rest of the grillbut there are 19 more races and five sprint races left”, he explained in statements collected by ‘Motorsport’.
Of course, “reliability” can play a trick on them: “So there are many races and there is a whole variety of different circuits to go through. It could be back and forth between the two, reliability will be a key factor“.
After Miami, the European tour will start with Imola, Monaco and Barcelona, where Mercedes, Ferrari and Aston Martin will present their improvements and cut differences. For this reason, they want to arrive with a good “mattress” to the old continent.
“And of course what we’re also most focused on right now is creating a cushion of points with both pilots“, Has expressed.
“Because when we return to Europe, I am sure that there will be considerable improvements in the rest of the cars. And of course, we have a reduction in development this year. That’s where we are focused, on trying to create a difference,” he concluded.
