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Helmut Marko has recalled a significant mistake Red Bull made earlier this F1 season.
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko admitted to a major mistake made earlier this season during the Dutch Grand Prix, contributing to the team’s eight-race winless streak since Max Verstappen’s victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. McLaren has taken the lead in the F1 constructors’ championship by 41 points before the United States Grand Prix, closely followed by driver Lando Norris, trailing Verstappen by 52 points with six races left. Marko highlighted the Austrian Grand Prix as the point where he saw a title fight brewing between Verstappen and Norris. The crucial error was made at Zandvoort, where Red Bull wrongly assumed Norris couldn’t overtake Verstappen after the first corner, leading to Norris overtaking and winning by 23 seconds. Red Bull has fallen behind McLaren in both championship standing and performance since the summer break, relying on Verstappen for points, but now striving to develop a competitive car for a turnaround in the coming races. The team aims for improvement in the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix and hopes to contend for the constructors’ title with Sergio Perez’s improved performance.
