Frustration at Red Bull

Marko: “That ruined Max’s race!”

Max Verstappen(Bild: GEPA)

The retirement of Sergio Pérez, who had been on course for a podium finish, and just 5th place for Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing once again failed to achieve an optimal Formula 1 weekend in Azerbaijan! Team Zampano Helmut Marko was correspondingly frustrated after the race in Baku. The Styrian was particularly unhappy with the position of world champion Verstappen ...

Even though Verstappen generally did not match the pace of his team-mate "Checo" Pérez in Baku, Marko saw the main reason for the disappointing result in one Williams driver in particular. "We got stuck behind Alexander Albon. That ruined Max's race!"

"Everything was a worst case scenario"
Of course, the fact that Verstappen had to drive behind Albon, who was driving a long first stint on hard tires, after his pit stop and did not make it to the front was very much down to his Red Bull car, which the world champion said had "zero bite" and did not allow him to attack. "Everything was worst case," said Verstappen ...

Speaking of "worst case": In the constructors' championship of the Formula 1 World Championship, this has already happened, with McLaren overtaking Red Bull with 476 points compared to 456. In the drivers' standings, however, Verstappen still leads - with 313 to 254 points ahead of McLaren man Lando Norris, with a downward trend ...