Mercedes’ James Allison claims Red Bull’s upgrade ‘looks like a downgrade’
Merc꧒edes' James Allison believes F1 rivals Red Bull may have taken a step backwards with a recent upgrade.
Mercedes F1 technical director James Allison hasꦛ suggested Red Bull’s rece🦋nt struggles may be the result of an upgrade package that has not worked.
After making a dominant start to the season and winning four of the opening five races, Red Bull have been victorious just onc꧒e in the last three events amid increasing pressure from nearest rivals Ferrar♑i and McLaren.
Having been beaten by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris in Miami,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen rꦓe🍨turned to winning ways at Imola but had to withstand late pressure from the McLaren driver. Red Bull then suffered their worst weekend of the season in Monaco.
Verstappen could only finish sixth as the team battled ride problems, opening the door for Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc to claim a maiden victory in Monaco and reduce the Dutchman’s championship lead doღwn to 31 points.
Allison reckons Red Bull's step backwards could be due to a rece🧔nt car update deliveri🍌ng a “downgrade” in performance.
"My guess is that as soo🙈n as there's a decent range of cornering speeds, they will be useful again," Allison told media including ESPN in Montreal.
"But it does look as if their upgrade was a downgrade, so fingers crossed tha♓t will really f*** t꧒hem up.
"That makes life hard beඣcause the moment you stop trusting your tools, you back track and you start losing time. And time is your biggest friend and losing it is your worst enemy.”
Asked if seeing the championship lead๊ers struggle excited Mercedes, Allison responded: “Everyone always loves other people's misery in 🅷this game.”
Mercedes introduced a new front wing design in Monaco and have followed that up with furthe💫r updates in Montreal this weekend as they look to improve the W15’s fluctuating performance across high 𝐆and low-speed corners.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell posted the second-fastest time when the track was at its driest during FP2 on Friday, while168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton took fourth in a deluge-hi✨tಞ opening practice.
"Where we are now seems to be better than where we were two races ago,” Allison added. Hopefully i🍌t will be somewhat better in a couple of races from now.
"We've gone from being really embarrassingly crap or not good enough in the beginning of the year, to be🌠ing near the fight💯.
"A l🌄ittle bit more will get us right in the mel🐎ee."
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