Baffling rumour that Mercedes will prioritise Aston Martin's engine laughed off by Red Bull
Red Bull and AlphaTauri have responded to the baffling rumour by shooting it down ahead of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second race of 2023.
They were asked about the unfounded idea that Mercedes-Benz have set a deadline of the Australian GP (the third race of ▨the season) to see improvement in Toto Wolff’s team, or they will prioritise their customer team💞 Aston Martin with engine development.
"Why should Mercedes make a competitor ✱stronger? That makes no sense,” Red Bull’s Helmut Marko told .
“Despite all cooperation, at the end of the day, Aston Martin is ꦐa competitor for Mercedes in the passenger car sector.
“Mercedes will now do everything to make the disapp🍰ointing start to the season forgotten.
“Wi🤪th this ambitious task, there is certainly no room to help As🦄ton Martin."
AlphaTauri team princi🏅pal Franz Tost said: "The rumours are nonsense.
“The regulations clearly stipulate that engine man🧸ufacturers must re🌜ceive the same material.
“And as far as I know, this is meticulously adhered to by🐲 everyone. Favouring a team is therefore forbiddenꦬ and unrealistic."
Aston Martin’s F1 team currently have their engines manufactur💫ed by Mercede☂s.
When ♐M🐎ercedes were outperformed in Bahrain by their customer team, it was a damning indictment of their 2023 development. Wolff has already called for the W14’s concept to be rethought.
Aston Martin, whose new driver Fernando Alonso finished on the podium in Bahrain, are warning that t🍸here is more to come from their AMR23.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade c༺overing everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
