Last Updated on 03/08/2022 by てんしょく飯
Helmut Marko, Red Bull F1’s motorsports advisor, refuted early analysis that Red Bull Racing’s 2022 F1 car, the RB18, has already been left behind by Ferrari and Mercedes.
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In the first preseason test, Sergio Perez finished with the third fastest time for Red Bull Racing.
However, Sergio Perez’s best time was 0.418 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton, who passed teammate George Russell to top the timesheets at the Circuit de Catalunya.
A reporter for the Austrian newspaper Osterreich reported an analysis based on the three-day F1 Barcelona test that the Red Bull Racing RB18 appeared to be 0.5 seconds behind the top car.
No one knows who drove it and with how much fuel,” Helmut Marko said.
We are not 0.5 seconds behind.”
We were using hard tires, but Mercedes was using tires two levels softer than ours. But we are looking forward to the next test.
When asked about his first impressions of the Red Bull RB18, the all-new 2022 F1 car, Helmut Marko replied, “It is heavy, but quite fast.
It will be exciting to see how the new regulations are interpreted differently. For example, Mercedes has adopted a completely different concept than we have.”
Helmut Marko also said that Red Bull Racing is still hiding a large amount of performance.
‘Completely yes. We are still far from the weight limit and we have new parts,” Helmut Marko revealed.
Helmut Marko insists that first-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen is “not feeling the pressure” to win again in 2022.
Max said he felt comfortable behind the wheel of the car from the very first lap in Barcelona,” said Helmut Marko, “and that’s why he’s going to win again in 2022.
‘Of course, it’s a completely new car, so we need to work out some kinks.’
But we weren’t using soft tires or low fuel at all. We know this car is capable of much more.”
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