Red Bull, Marko: “Impossible for us to recover this season”

Hardly there Red Bull will be able to recover during this season, after a tiring and late start compared to its rivals Ferrari e Williams - with Mercedes out of reach. The doubt, expressed by the drinks consultant Helmut Marko, is the direct consequence of the first two races of World, concluded with decidedly unsatisfactory results for the team Milton Keynes, and certainly not worthy of a top team like it is Red Bull.

After the first race a Melbourne, the Austrian team had threatened to leave the Circus if nothing had been done to somehow level out the performances between the teams, putting a stop to the excessive power Mercedes.
Now Sebastian Vettel, with his stunning victory in Malaysia, may have opened a glimmer of light in the fight for 2015 World, the waters seem to have calmed down.
“Hopefully the nonsense about performance leveling will end now,” the company boss said Silver Arrows Toto wolff after Sunday's defeat.

But even if the Red seems to have managed to close the gap against Mercedes during the winter, Marko doubt that Renault – motorist of Red Bull – can do the same.
“It is not possible to reach the level of Mercedes“, the Austrian admitted to the broadcaster Servus TV, according to which the blame should be placed entirely on the French. TO Maranello they simply did “a better job,” insisting, “We need an engine that works.”

La Red Bull therefore, it would seem to have thrown in the towel, convinced that it is now too late to recover during the work. It's not the same though Renault, who doesn't intend to give up even after the season has started. "There Ferrari he has done an excellent job in recent months,” he admitted Cyril Abiteboul to the Brazilian news agency State agency.
“This shows that the Mercedes can be beaten. We have to focus on our job, play the game and continue to improve every time we go on the track. Finishing one lap behind the winners – so be it Kvyat is Ricciardo they were in fact dubbed a Sepang – is not where we need to be. Now we have very clear objectives,” concluded the director of sports management Renault.

It's also true that not all French-powered single-seaters failed Malaysia. The young rookie Max Verstappen he was the author of a beautiful race, crossing the finish line in seventh position, ahead of his teammate Sainz and to the much more expert colleagues of Red Bull.
Of course the young son of art has already shown himself to be a great handler, but the truth is also that his STR10 it's better than RB11 of that genius Adrian Newey.

La Red Bull he made no secret of the problems with the braking system that undermined the Asian race, as well as those with the tyres. “The degradation was extremely high,” confirmed boss CChristian Horner.
Part of the difficulties encountered by the Austrians can be traced back to delays in the aerodynamic development of the single-seater: the new short nose solution, adopted for the 2015 season, in fact caused problems in passing the crash tests of the FIA.

“When the new components arrive, we will take a significant step forward,” he assured Marko, however also warning that these will not be sufficient to catch up with all rivals. “With that stupid token system – for engine development – ​​it's impossible for us to catch up this season.”

The former pilot of F1 he is also convinced that the Ferrari it will not take long to repeat itself after the success of Sepang. “According to the information in my possession, the Ferrari has an updated engine package in preparation for Canada,” he confided to BILD, referring to the GP scheduled for June Montreal. “At that point they will be at the same level as the Mercedes. If not even better."

Nina Stefanelli