Red Bull chief agrees with Verstappen: "Not at our best in terms of strategy"
Max Verstappen was not at all happy with Red Bull Racing and its strategy in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Helmut Marko admits afterwards that the Austrians left a stitch in that area. Furthermore Marko says he does not understand how both RB18's could have failed in the first GP of the year.
"We don't have a conclusive explanation. It's something that must have happened all over again. Whether it is a defect, in the electronics or whatever, it is now just guesswork," Marko told ORF. It is extraordinary to mention that Verstappen and Perez are affected by the same fault, while from the winter tests there were no problems at all.
"It is more than unpleasant to drop out after such a test performance with both cars with the same defect," Marko continues his story. In any case, nothing is wrong with the engines themselves, he confirms."It has nothing to do with the drivetrains." Red Bull expects to have a clear answer by Sunday evening as to what exactly caused the double DNF.
Verstappen gets it right
A second and fourth place went up in smoke. With that, some thirty points were lost to the team from Austria. According to Marko, there wasn't more to it than that either. "We were also too slow. We had no chance in Sector 2. In terms of strategy, we were not at our best either. We underestimated the undercut. It was not our day," he concludes.
Redbull need to work on their traction, that's where I noticed they were losing out to Ferrari, when Max overtook Charles t1 I thought that was that but Twice in a row Charles came back literally just hanging on to the back of the redbull like the cars had a rope attached, even in quali in the slow turns the Ferrari got so much better out of corners, their out of corners speed overruled redbulls entering speed into corners. The rb seemed more snappy if you put too much trigger while Ferrari just dealt with it. If they can do that they have the edge
Ya..i saw that too...also the mid corner adjustments of MV. The Ferrari was much more stable in the corners. And well... Merc has allot to do i guess. Compared to all trolls here calling it karma for RB.I saw Mercedes limping behind...and although i don't like Mercedes and LH... i hope they will find a solution soon. ...and i hope they get rid of the lid on the tires/rims. Brakes from everyone are heating up...so battles are not possible due to this.
RedBull is faster on the straights, but Ferrari in the mixed sections and in fact, they even set the fastest lap in the race. The only strategy RedBull can adopt is to hope that Verstappen puts his effort into it and that the car doesn't break under his ass.
