2023-06-06 09:00:00
Verstappen jokes: Red Bull will soon be without sidepods!
We already talked regarding the fact that more and more teams are approaching the Red Bull concept. The World Champion therefore jokes: “I think our next upgrade will be without sidepods!”
Then everyone else would copy it, he grins. Again seriously, he then explains that the sidepods don’t play the biggest role anyway. “There are a lot of things that have to come together,” said the Dutchman.
“I think we’ve learned a lot over the years and now, with the new rules, we were quick right away and understood what it was all regarding,” he explains. Now everyone else would work “very hard” to close the gap.
“But we’re never satisfied from our side either, we always want more,” he emphasizes. You won’t like to hear that from your opponents…
Wolff: Must confirm Barcelona result
After the race in Spain, the Mercedes team boss explained that they were regarding “two or three tenths” slower than Red Bull there. “This is a massive step forward,” emphasizes the Austrian.
“But we have to stay cool because we looked really good in Barcelona last year,” recalled Wolff. At that time, Russell finished third, around 33 seconds following race winner Verstappen.
This year Hamilton was “only” 24 seconds short of P2. Ultimately, according to Wolff, it is important to confirm this trend now. Because in 2022 Barcelona was not the hoped-for breakthrough for Mercedes either.
“But I’m pleased with the work that’s been done at Brixworth and Brackley,” he said. Let’s see where Mercedes ends up at the next race in Canada.
And also the W14 …
… is already on the way! We are always happy to take moving cars with us during the week 🙂
Leclerc begins
A first short video from today’s tire test. Charles Leclerc will drive the Ferrari SF-23 today and is already on the way. It is well known that George Russell is allowed to work at Mercedes, and then Mick Schumacher tomorrow. Lewis Hamilton is off.
Monaghan: Others are welcome to copy us
At the beginning of the 2022 season there were still many different solutions in the starting line-up. In the meantime, however, most cars are getting closer and closer to the Red Bull concept – for good reasons, if you look at the results.
Red Bull’s chief engineer Paul Monaghan has no problem with that. “Other people look at our car and try to be influenced by it if they think it will make them faster. That’s fine,” he says.
“It’s been happening for many, many years,” he recalls, admitting that Red Bull themselves have looked to other teams for inspiration in the past. It’s just a method for aligning the performance of teams.
“There are no copyrights [auf Konzepte in der Formel 1]”, he emphasizes and explains that it’s not enough to simply copy another car anyway. “If you [das Konzept] If you don’t understand it, you can copy it, but you won’t get any faster,” says Monaghan.
The other teams are therefore welcome to try their luck.
Marko: Verstappen as superior as “never before”
Will Red Bull win all races of the season in 2023? “It’s possible,” says Helmut Marko in conversation with ‘oe24’ and explains: “If Max [Verstappen] has a defect or collision, Checo [Perez] jump in.”
Verstappen in particular is currently hard to beat. “He’s, as they say, like he’s from another planet at the moment. He’s got a superiority that we’ve never had before,” explains Marko.
“How Max managed to do the fastest lap with old tires at the end,” enthuses Marko of the final phase in Barcelona. Verstappen celebrated his third win in a row there.
Overall, Red Bull has been unbeaten for eight races across the season. And the end of the series is hardly in sight at the moment…
Photo gallery: The longest winning streaks of Formula 1 teams
Stroll: Mercedes had a better grip on tires
Why did Mercedes finish so well ahead of Aston Martin for the first time this year? “[Mercedes] had a rocket. I’m not sure where they found the pace,” muses Lance Stroll.
“I had expected that we would be the strongest car following Red Bull,” admits the Canadian. But that was not the case because the tires broke faster than expected.
“[Mercedes] just took good care of the tires,” he explains, emphasizing: “At the beginning of the first stint, when we were third, I had the feeling that I was closing the gap to Carlos [Sainz auf P2] might hold.”
He even has a little bit of Lewis [Hamilton]”Be able to pull away behind him. But then his tires would have degraded much faster than those on the Mercedes. “They seemed [am Sonntag] to have a really good car,” said Stroll.
Aston Martin mightn’t keep up.
Ralf Schumacher: Haas is not making progress
The expert has himself in his new column for ‘Sky’ also commented on the situation at Haas. He writes there: “From a German perspective, Barcelona have shown that Haas is simply not good enough at the moment.”
“The concept that you [im vergangenen Jahr] developed was great. But apparently you are not in a position to develop this further. Something has to happen,” demands Schumacher.
“New paths have to be explored, maybe new people in the development department have to be found, because things aren’t really progressing. However, Nico HĂĽlkenberg and Kevin Magnussen are doing a good job,” he emphasizes.
“The track in Canada can accommodate Haas and the car works well even in mixed conditions. Haas is a small team with few opportunities. But I had hoped that things would go uphill even faster following last year,” said Schumacher.
In the World Championship, Haas is currently in P7 ahead of Alfa Romeo, AlphaTauri and Williams.
Hulkenberg: Can he qualify better than the race?
Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. But the data reveals much more than just the race result! That’s the point in our new video.
In our analysis, Kevin Hermann uses the OneTiming tool from our partner PACETEQ to take a deep look into the number jungle following the seventh race weekend of the 2023 season – and decodes what it all means.
What does Nico Hulkenberg have to do with it? Just see for yourself:
Hulkenberg: Can he qualify better than the race?
Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. But the data reveals a lot more than just the race result. More Formula 1 videos
Bridgestone bid for F1 return
Speaking of tires: Pirelli has competition! The Italians face competition for the official FIA tender contract from 2025 onwards as there are indications Bridgestone has made a bid.
While the FIA ​​has not confirmed the number of applicants or their identity, sources say the Japanese company has also applied.
You can read all the background information here!
Hello once more!
Hello and welcome to a new edition of our Formula 1 news ticker. The Spanish Grand Prix is ​​behind us, but we certainly don’t run out of topics today and in the coming days!
Among other things, an important tire test will take place today, but more on that in a moment. The usual mix of news and entertainment awaits you here in the ticker in the coming hours.
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