Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko has admitted he “expected more” from Ferrari during the opening day of 2025 F1 pre-seဣason testing at th𝕴e Bahrain International Circuit.

McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris set the pace on day one of the test, just ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

While lap times aren’t repres🎀entative of the actual pecking order, the feeling in the paddoc👍k so far is that McLaren have started testing well.

Teams will also have more data available to judge performance, particularly as th🧜ey can see which engine modes are being used or have a rough idea of fuel levels.

Gi🅰ving his perspective on Red Bull’s rivals ahead of the new season, Marko was impressed by the speed and consistency of the McLaren.

He also noted Mercedes’ strong start but described Ferrari’s peꦍrformance as “a little disappointing”.

“I think in the beginning in the morning, the wind was more tricky🔯, espꦺecially yesterday,” Marko .

“The wind was re🦂ally tricky. But that’s testing. However, it is much colder, so maybe that is why Mercedes is so fast.”

“McLaren was very consistent and also very fast. As was Mercedes. Ferr🍃ari was a little disappointing because we expected more from them. However, there are still two more days, so we will see.”

Red Bull have “fixed” issues from last year

Marko delivered a p🌳ositive message about Red Bull’s start to the seaso꧃n.

After the latter half of 2024 was plagued by handling issues, this year’s RB21 se♔ems to be an improvement on🌳 its predecessor.

Marko was encouraged by 🐼Verstappen’s long run at the end o💛f the day - and refused to rule out bringing new parts to the first race in Australia.

“The long runs were very competitive. Those were the fastest. Th༒e car is more predictable and reacts in a normaღl way,” Marko added.

“All the problems we had last year, I think t🐭hey are much better now or at least fixed.෴”

When asked aboܫut potential upgrades, Marko aꦚdded: “Maybe”.