Red Bull is already targeting Aston Martin. Not only as rival and candidate to the victory in Bahrain, but also because, according to Helmut Marko, having copied your car, one with which Max Verstappen achieved the Drivers’ World Championship and the brand of energy drinks the Constructors’.
One of the great names of the Austrian team has been tremendously clear about Fernando Alonso’s car, with which he has achieved the fifth best time in the classification in Sakhir beating the Mercedes, and running for all thanks to great race pace of the AMR23.
All, by Dan Fallows. For someone who was one of the most prominent members of Red Bull who headed for Aston Martin and who has already spent half a year without working for any brand. Something known as ‘gardening’.
Even so, Marko does not doubt: “If you compare the two cars, Aston Martin is the most similar to Red Bull. There are reasons to think so. And it was not only him, but there were other employees who switched to Aston Martin. Yes, they have a good memory…”
It is true, because Lawrence Stroll took Adrian Newey’s right-hand man at Red Bull, plus seven other members of the energy drink team taking out the wallet to convince them.
But Marko goes further, hinting that RB18 documentation was stolen: “Focus copying can’t be banned, and what Fallows has in his head can’t be erased… but can you copy everything in such a detailed way without having documentation of our car?”
In addition, it already aired and not exactly little at the time that it was they had downloaded documents from the factory illegally.
Beyond the bickering, and the various accusations from Red Bull to Aston Martin, the only certain thing is that the English car has gone from not even pass Q1 last year in Bahrain to be fifth with Alonso, eighth with Stroll and to be able to fight for the win.
The race pace of Alonso’s car, of AMR23, invites you to dream. Both now and in the future.
