The Red Bull team disappointed in the first there of the season, where it was an obstacle neither for Mercedes nor Ferrari team. Repeated problems for Daniel Ricciardo in Australia and solo race of Max Verstappen at a respectable distance from two the advanced teams, things began badly in the Australia clan.
In China GP, the podium signed by Max Verstappen struggled to hide the dismay of seeing the RB13 wander to almost a second and a half in qualifying. It is the moment when the first faults begin to see themselves, since at the end of the season timed.
Red Bull was barely pacified by the podium of the Dutchman and started to believe it in Bahrain, when the car was very fast on Friday and Saturday morning before returning to the ranks in qualifying. Better than in Shanghai, they showed up at the Ferrari on a lap but again the race was difficult. Their drivers Vertappen gave up on a brake failure and Ricciardo finished at a distant fifth place behind the Mercedes and the Ferrari.
A resignation that is not usual in Red Bull, since they have already lived debut championship pushes without ever let go. For example, they scored only ten points more than this season after the first three races of 2016 season.
Yet it is indeed the abandonment of the title that is the order of the day and despite very good results, who would like Daniel Ricciardo to think of the other horizons. Max Verstappen is not 20 years old and joined Red Bull less than 12 months ago, which should give him time to get impatient, especially since the performance of his team is also not bad.
Red Bull has no sympathy for Mercedes over 2017 F1 rule changes. (Source:www.autoweek.com)
Helmut Marko understood that the patience of his pilot was put to the test and took out the heavy artillery of arguments this week, assuring the Australian that the title was not forgotten.
“In 2012, we fought for the champion with Vettel against Alonso. We were 42 points behind the summer break, and we won and we are the masters when it comes to catching up,”
“And I would like to remind you of our short history of this season. In Australia we were 1.8 seconds ahead of leaders, in China at 1.3 and Bahrain at 0.9 seconds, so we improve and step by step we reduce we still know that Mercedes has a qualification mode, just like Ferrari, to a lesser degree.” he added.
