C𒁏hristian Horner will be scratching his head in confusion after Red Bull were outperformed ♊by their sister team on Friday at the F1 Australian Grand Prix, it was claimed.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Racing Bulls duo 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda and rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Isack Hadjar were fourth and sixth on the pract✱ice timeshee✨t respectively.

Although Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and both McLarens went f💧aster, and Lewis Hamilton was between them, it was an outstanding star🉐t to the 2025 F1 campaign for Racing Bulls.

“Both drivers are doing🐈 a great job, showing a lot of confidence,” Karun Chandhok told Sky Spor♏ts.

“Hadjar particu🅷larly, on his first day as a grand prix driver, to be ahead of Verstappen!

“I i꧑magine there are stern conversations going on back-and-forth.

“It’s on Friday and we dꦓon’t know the💮 engine modes. But [Racing Bulls] will sleep well tonight.

“I’m not sure that the Red Bull camp wil𓆉l. He was siꦡx tenths away from Leclerc’s time.”

Red Bull 'head-scratching' after F1 Australian GP practice

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was seventh in practice for the F1 Australian Grand Prix, while his new teammate Liam Lawson was worryi▨ngly 17th.

Given McLaren entered the season expecte𒈔d to possess the fastest car, and Ferrari had hype surrounding Hamilton and the competit🎉iveness of their SF-25, it was an early setback for Red Bull.

“Max was deep into Turn 1 and 3, he couldn’t get the car stopped. His drive was edgy,” Chandhok asᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsessed.

“Lawson didn’t look comfortabl🐟e♋. At no point did he pop up on the timesheet.

“Even when he went from the medium to the soft🐎, he was still behind Max’s medium time.

🥃“It’s been a tough day, he was six te💝nths away from Max.

“There will be some head-scratching.

“But tomorrow is a fresh day and we’ll see if they can drag themselves ou✅t.”

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Red Bull are no strangers to turning a below-pa🎉r Friday into an outstanding Saturday, particularly with Verstappen behind the wheel of their car.

Verstappen, who is chasing a fifth consecutive ꧑drivers’ title this season, claimed the balance of his RB21 was fine but he struggled with grip.

He conceded that the nature of his problems might be�ꦛ� difficult for his engineers to solve before qualifying.

Red Bull team 📖principal Christian Horner also mounted a defence of Lawson, who was half-a-second slower than Verstappe꧟n in practice.

Lawson occupies th🔴e unenviable role of Verstappen’s teammate, a status which has chewed up five previ𓄧ous drivers.

Horner admitted that Lawson was slow on Friday but insisted he was a rookie (despite him driving in 11 grands prix prior to 2025), and that he would be given time to grow into his role�🐽�.