Although the season has not even started yet, there are increasingly more voices in the industry pointing out that defending champion Red Bull Racing will have room to grow.
Red Bull does not deny this, quite the opposite. Of course, now nonsense can be commented on, that "it is being put to sleep" and the like, but the truth is that a certain characteristic was drawn during the tests. However, in the case of the Australian Grand Prix, this does not apply to the success of Max Verstappen. This was also acknowledged by Helmut Marko, who emphasized in an interview that although they have made progress compared to 2024, others have done more:
"At the moment, the favourite is clearly McLaren. During the tests, it was shown that both for one lap and on longer stages they have improved significantly, not to mention the wear on the tyres. However, their superiority is not considered alarming, especially considering the weather conditions in which the first kilometres took place.
It would be difficult to predict the exact order of forces, but I think there could be up to four teams in the game this year. I'm talking about the same four teams that dominated the field last year, but I expect stronger battles,” said Helmut Marko.
And we'll just add that if it turned out like this, we definitely wouldn't be angry!
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