Crimson Bull Motorsport Advisor Dr Helmut Marko insists that the Milton Keynes-based squad is not going to clear up its points utterly within the coming weeks, however hopes that “brainstorming” will assist the crew get on prime of the issues.
Crimson Bull loved a powerful begin to its 2024 F1 title defence, profitable 4 of the opening 5 rounds. It appeared like that the Milton Keynes-based outfit would dominate the third yr of the present period of ground-effect automobiles till McLaren and Ferrari achieved a sudden carry in efficiency.
The Scuderia gained in Australia after which in Monaco whereas the British squad took the victory in Miami. Following a profitable improve in Monaco, Mercedes additionally began to claw its manner again to the sharp finish of the sector. So spectacular was the step the Brackley-headquartered outfit took that they managed to win three of the final 4 races.
Though Crimson Bull nonetheless leads the Constructors’ Championship, however its lead from McLaren has been reduce down to simply 42 factors. Within the drivers’ standings, reigning world champion Max Verstappen nonetheless enjoys a wholesome lead of 78 factors from Lando Norris, however his preliminary commanding march has been barely dampened just lately.
Talking of Crimson Bull’s state of affairs in his column on German publication Speedweek, Marco famous: “In the course of the summer season break, nothing occurs for 2 weeks, which signifies that no work could be finished on the automobile.
“We have now to resolve our issues and discover out the place the issue lies, as a result of we now not have the stability within the automobile when you examine the present state of affairs with the primary three races.
“However it’s tough to estimate how rapidly that can occur. I do not assume that the massive resolution will are available Zandvoort. We’re brainstorming intensively and have varied concepts. However I can not say but what we’ll implement and the way.
Following the three-week summer season break and two-week manufacturing unit shutdown, the sector will assemble at Zandvoort the place the Dutch Grand Prix kicks off the final double-header of the European leg of the season. The Austrian hopes that Verstappen will ship a very good efficiency within the all-important qualifying session at Zandvoort the place overtaking is at a premium as a result of tough observe structure.
“One factor is obvious: Qualifying in Zandvoort will probably be essential, as a result of overtaking is nearly unimaginable there. And Max may nicely handle a very good qualifying, as a result of he has been good there just lately.
“We had been the quickest in Austria and likewise in Spa. In Hungary we had been just a few hundredths of a second off – so we’re complaining at a excessive stage,” concluded Marko.
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