F1 Gossip: Bahrain GP issue cost Verstappen up to 0.3s per lap - Marko
In a wide-ranging interview with , Red Bull F1 consultant Helmꦕut Marko revealed that a differential issue c🐲ost both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez three-tenths a lap in the early stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
“In qualifying, as you saw, a part flew off because it went too wide in one corner. That made a small difference, maybe eight p🔥ercent downforce loss. So it wasn’t a huge thing,” Marko said.
“What was more serious at the beginning of the race was that there were problems in the differential area. In sector ♏one we were drastically losing up to three-tenths per lap. The same was true for Sergio [P💞erez], by the way. Not only was there less grip, but the rear wheels were spinning and the tyres were getting hot.”
Ma🌠rko also reiterated his opinion that Sebastian Vettel should have taken a year off rather than switched to Aston Martin.
)Reflecting on his one-year spell with McLaren, Sergio Perez said ‘there was a lot of politics involved’ as the Mexican was ultimately dropped at the e⛄nd of 2013 in favour of Kevin Magnus🌌sen. ()
Former Ferrari team boss and current F1 CEO Stefano Domenical🔯i says Mick Schumacher needs time to “grow ♍and learn”.
In an interview with , he said: “The pressure and expectations will be great now, but we have to give Mick time to grow and learn. He is alre🦩ady a great ass🗹et to Formula 1.
His name attracts a lot of attention, and the whole series benefits from that. But at the same time, you have to give him the chance to dev🌳elop in peace and go through a very normal learning curve.”
Following hi♐s accident during the Formula 2 round at Spa-Francorchamps in 2019, Juan Manuel Correa was back in action at the Formula 3 test in Austria.
Positive first test. Very decent baseline to work from, an💯d just lovely to be behind the wheel of this beauty! Merci
— Juan Manuel Correa (@JMCorrea__)
Rosberg X Racing - a team owned by 2016🥂 F1 champion Nico Rosberg - dominated the inaugural round of the new off-road Extreme E series.
Drivers Molly Taylor and Johan🌊 Kristoffersson claimed the win for Rosberg X Racing in the Al-Ula desert in Saudi Arabia.
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