LThe Austrian Grand Prix arrives and Red Bull has everything ready to extend eight-fight win streak at Red Bull Ringwhere Verstappen, the leader of the World Cup, has won more than anyone, he is the favourite, he has achieved victory 100… in short, it sounds like an energetic apotheosis at home.
Except for the fact that Mercedes wants to break that streak, the same as Aston Martin, which believes that Fernando Alonso’s 33 can be a ‘Maracanazo’, just in the race of the races for Red Bull, the first since the disappearance of the giant Dietrich Mateschizt, to whom they want to dedicate victory 101.
“In Montreal Ferrari had the fastest car and the Red Bull Ring suits them, if Leclerc starts first or second it won’t be easy… Alonso and Hamilton could, at most, keep up with Verstappen. These three are simply the strongest, but among them, Max stands out again,”concedes Helmut Marko, in statements for the Austrian media OE24 on the eve of the Austrian passion week. “Because Max is Max”, rounds out the octogenarian number 2 of Red Bull, who days before, after equaling Senna’s 41 victories in F1, stated that “I know only Max really deserves these comparisons to Senna. Ayrton had the special moments that Max shows now.”
Marko, he doesn’t believe Hamilton’s resurrection, evident looking at the car, nor Alonso’s 33, whatever Mike Krack says. “We have a car with a driver who is able to do it and, in fact, we are not that far from achieving it either. For us it is very motivating and we must fight hard to close the gap as much as we can in the next few races,” says the Aston director. Martin.
“The latest evolutions seem to work. Now circuits with high-speed corners are coming and I think our car will improve. We are looking forward to Austria, because that is where we will see the true strength of Red Bull. Our motto for Spielberg: Attack”. No one beats optimism.
Marko, you don’t see it, only the ninth in a row, which would be the best run of a Formula 1 team so far this centuryand the second best of all time, breaking with 8 of 8 for Mercedes in 2019. “And we come with the 100th victory for Red Bull. I know Dietrich would have been very happy with that. Of course, it’s a shame that he couldn’t witness it.; that’s one of the many moments you wish Mateschitz was still here. On the other hand, in a way, he is always with us anyway,” he asserts, stressing that they do not plan to give their name to a curve on the circuit.
“Max has won more times than anyone here. The track suits him well, lots of Dutch cheer him on. Spielberg is almost a home GP for him, along with Zandvoort and the Belgian GP where he was born. When you arrive and see the enthusiasm, the bleachers filled with lots of orange hollandaise for Max, your heart just melts. When our national anthem sounds at the end “… seen as seen, a victory that is not 1 would be a knock of biblical proportions.
