'Red Bull Racing has sent Verstappen's engine to Japan'

21:08, 11 Apr 2022
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Red Bull Racing has already fallen well behind Ferrari due to unexpected problems in the first races of the season. Or, as Michael Schmidt says at Auto, Motor und Sport: "The championship train has left without Red Bull." The team's hopes are now pinned on the updates it will bring to Imola.

After the exciting battles between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in the first two races, a duel was again expected. However, a direct duel did not occur in the Australian Grand Prix. Long before Verstappen was forced to park his RB18 alongside the track it became painfully clear that Ferrari had things in better order.

Verstappen power unit sent to Honda

Helmut Marko had already hinted that Red Bull was suffering much more from graining than other teams. According to Schmidt that was one of the reasons why Leclerc's Ferrari was unreachable for Verstappen. Especially on the medium tire the Dutchman had a hard time.

Initially Red Bull claimed that it was a fuel-related problem and that the problem was not in the power unit, but possibly that was too premature. "They have sent the engine to Japan," says Schmidt. "That's where they're going to see if it's broken."

With the updates planned for Imola, Schmidt says Red Bull hopes to take a big step, similar to the last day of testing in Bahrain. "There they won two seconds and had solved porpoising in one go," he continues. Ferrari, on the other hand, is said to have no updates planned yet.

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Tyler Jukes 13 April 2022 at 03:07+ 619

There's 19 races left. Relax.

dubious 13 April 2022 at 01:56+ 22

Any of you experts know how that fits under the cap

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Mech Engineer 12 April 2022 at 13:09+ 55065

Its like owning a Bugatti Veyron, isnt it? Anything wrong with it or even just a routine service, has to be brought back to the factory or Bugatti will fly technicians out to you anywhere in the world to do the servicing for you. You cant just drive it to Rapid Tune to get the oil changed!

J&H 12 April 2022 at 12:03+ 711

The Aliens must look at it.

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Ludizapoli 11 April 2022 at 22:05+ 7250

If he wins the title this year, no one will be able to say it was easy for him.?