Red Bull’s chief advisor, Helmut Marko, continues to investigate what was carried out by the Austrian workforce in a historic season after they swept the whole lot that was of their palms in Components 1.
Controversial feedback by Helmut Marko
Marko reportedly acknowledged the work carried out by the Mexican driver, Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez and even thought-about that the criticism he continually obtained for his irregularity was undeserved.
Marko now indicated that Checo is a top-level driver and that to his misfortune, he has as a teammate “the expertise of the century”: the three-time world champion, Max Verstappen.
“Sergio Perez has been badmouthed, despite the fact that he’s a prime driver. He is simply unfortunate to have the expertise of the century as a teammate,” he mentioned for OE24 media.
Checo Perez shook off a lot of this stress towards him due to the truth that he now did win the drivers’ runner-up place, one thing he misplaced within the final race of 2022 to Charles Leclerc. Because of this, Marko’s discourse has now softened and certified Checo’s ups and downs with the end result obtained as runner-up.
Then again, Max Verstappen broke numerous data and gained the Championship for the third time in a row and Crimson Bull achieved a 1-2 on this competitors for the primary time in its historical past.
Crimson Bull reiterates its help for Checo Prez
Different voices inside Crimson Bull have acknowledged that all through 2023, they didn’t give sufficient help to the Mexican driver in his races and this prompted him extra issues within the races.
Pierre Wach, Crimson Bull’s technical director, indicated in an interview with ormel1.nl that when it comes to growth and design with the RB19, they failed within the quest to have a quick automobile for his or her two drivers, as the one one of many two who had constant optimistic outcomes was Max Verstappen.
“A quick automobile is a automobile that permits the motive force to carry out at his finest. We failed in that regard as a result of just one driver, Max, on this case, might deal with it properly.
“That’s Max’s expertise: he knew methods to use the automobile properly all through the season and in several circumstances. Then again, it’s doable that we, in flip, didn’t perceive Checo and what he wanted to do to use the potential of his RB19,” he mentioned.
