According to Marko, the top teams will be unapproachable
Here we are. F1 at the weekend at Melbourne in Australia he will give the first verdicts after a Shakedown and two test sessions and then there will immediately be a ‘rematch’ in China complete with a Sprint weekend.
For the first time after many years Helmut Marko he will not travel to Australia and follow the races on TV. The former Red Bull has a hypothetical starting grid in mind after what emerged in the tests: “Red Bull close to Mercedes? Let’s wait to see what happens in Melbourne – said Marko interviewed by Kleine Zeitung – the Mercedes took to the track with more fuel on board and did not push the engine to the maximum. I see them ahead of Ferrari, then McLaren and finally Red Bull behind this trio. The top teams will be unapproachable for the other teams, it will be very difficult to get into the top-5 given that eight cars will be significantly faster than the others.”
Helmut Marko was amazed by the excellent impressions given by the power unit Red Bull-Ford: “The reliability surprised me, it’s definitely a good base to start from”. The great former Red Bull also dedicated a few words to Isack Hadjar: “He must have patience to ‘build’ the speed to stay close to Verstappen. In the long runs he went well, among Max’s last pit mates he was the one closest to him”.
