Helmut Marko, Red Bull F1’s motorsport adviser, sarcastic regarding Scuderia Ferrari’s pursuit of budget spending, the team must have been the victim of Carlos Sainz’s crash.
Scuderia Ferrari’s F1 team representative Mattia Binotto, who lost to Max Verstappen in the last two races, has confirmed that he will launch the first major update to F1-75 at the next F1 Spanish Grand Prix.
Red Bull Racing has already introduced an upgrade to the 2022 machine RB18. The first significant weight reduction led to an overwhelming victory at Imola, home of Scuderia Ferrari.
Mattia Binotto suggests that budget caps are a concern for Red Bull Racing and will require the development program to be discontinued. He said it was a positive thing for Scuderia Ferrari.
Motorsport-Total.com reported that Red Bull Racing had already run out of 75% of its development budget, but Helmut Marko dismissed it as “nonsense.”
“I don’t think we’re in a very different position than Ferrari in that respect,” Helmut Marko said.
To further emphasize that perspective, Helmut Marko referred to Carlos Sainz, a driver of Scuderia Ferrari and a former member of Red Bull’s F1 program.
Carlos Sainz. He had some major crashes early in the 2022 season, most recently in his second free run on Friday in Miami.
Therefore, Helmut Marko said their repair work would affect the available budget of Scuderia Ferrari.
“In particular, I’m wondering how Carlos Sainz’s already crashing cars several times will affect them,” Helmut Marko continued.
“It’s not cheap!”
According to media reports, the Scuderia Ferrari upgrade package for the F1 Spanish Grand Prix will save a couple of kilograms. It is said that even following Red Bull Racing took measures to reduce the weight of the RB18, it still exceeds the minimum weight by 4 kg.
“That’s your guess,” Helmut Marko argued.
However, Red Bull Racing hopes that the upgrade at the Spanish Grand Prix will eventually bring the RB18 down to its target weight.
“There we will finally start with new parts that can reach the optimum weight,” Helmut Marko told F1-Insider.
“So far, it’s relatively above the minimum weight requirement of 798 kilograms.”
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