F1 Gossip: Red Bull has €3 million in damages due to Mercedes - Marko

In the latest Formula 1 gossip column, Helmut Marko has revealed Red Bull has €3 million in damages because of the two incidents with Mercedes drivers at the British and Hungarian Grands Prix.
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes AMG F1 W12; Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL35M and Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB16B crash at the start of the race.
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes AMG F1 W12; Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL35M and Max…
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- Helmut Marko has revealed Red Bull’s repair bill adds up to three million euros ⛦due to incidents at the British and Hungarian Grands Prix.

In an interview with , Mark꧂o said: “Until the last two races, the first half of the season was positive, “Then everything came togeꩲther in a negative way.

“As a result, we have to ask ourselveܫs whether the penalty system is justified after two errors by Mercedes. Maybe there should be differen♎t standards.

“Antonio Giovinazzi gets a stop/go penalty after speeding in the pit lane and Sebastian Vettel is disqualified for not having enough fuel in his tank, while the 0.3-litres that was in🐓 his tank would have been enough for control.

“On the other hand, ꦉwe have two broken engines due to the Mercedes drivers and that means that we have to take a hard hit financially. We have three million damages and that's an amoun🐻t we can't easily find anymore.”

- Daniel Ricciardo says the culture at Re🙈d Bull contributed to his decision to leave the team at the end of 2018.

In an interview on the , he explained: “I was kind of concerned with the culture, b✃ut also what my place in the culture looked like moving forward. I felt like I was going to become slightly more frustrated, probably more complacent, [where] everything is just a little bit too easy.

. “But, once you’ve been in the sport for quite some time, I feel that you don’t need extra practice because we’re racing so much. Every race we have Friday practice sessions. It’s actually quite a lot of driving.”

- Zak Brown says McLaren is in no ru♛sh💜 to get its first title sponsor since 2013. ()

- The 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is expected to take place in March, whil𒐪e Miami’s inaugural GP will be in May. ()

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