Red Bull's Helmut Marko raises questions over Aston Martin’s ‘Green Bull’

Red Bull’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has appeared to raise doubts over the legality of Aston Martin’s F1 2023 car. 
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin

Aston Martin have been the surprise package of the new season with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso brilliantly taking their much-improved AMR23 to third place on the podium in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, behind𒉰 the dominant Red Bulls.

The AMR23 has clear design similarities to the RB19, leading168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez to poke fun at Aston Mar🔯tin, teasing “it’s nice to see three Red Bull cars on the podium”. 

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Red Bull’s former head of aerodynamics Dan Fallows had a hand in designing last year’s dominant RB18 before hꦗe made the switch to Aston Mart👍in. 

Red Bull accused Aston Martin of copying their car when an upgraded version of the AMR22 - featuring Red Bull-esque sidepods - debuted at last year’s Spanish Grand Prix.&nbs🅠p;

As🧜ton Martin were ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing but their latest challeng𒊎er has once again caught Red Bull’s attention. 

“It’💜s true thaღt what Fallows had in his head cannot be erased,” Marko Servus TV.

“Copyꦫing the focus is not prohibited, but can you copy in such detail without having documentation of our car?

“We had three Red Bulls on t💝he podium, only the last one with a🌠 different engine.”

Dan Fallows (GBR) Aston Martin F1 Team Technical Director in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1,
Dan Fallows (GBR) Aston Martin F1 Team Technical Director in the FIA Press Conference. Formula…

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner also couldn’t 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:resist a dig at Aston Martin following the season opener. 

“I think it demonstrates to all the teams that it’s possible,” Hor🏅ner said.&n🌺bsp;

“So, they’ve obviously done a good job over the winter. They say imitation✤ is the biggest form of flattery! It’s good to see the old car going so well!”

Asked if he regretting all💙owing Fallows to leave, he replied: “No𝓰, because I think we have a wonderful team and everything has to evolve, nothing stands still.

“And I think that it’s flatterin꧙g to see the resemblance of that car to ours, so it was great to see ꧒the three of them on the podium.”

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