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HELMUT MARKO: In our best years, BERNIE would slow us down

Helmut Marko claims that who is Red Bull had the fastest race car, they hid his actual speed because Bernie Ecclestone would surely slow them down.

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The Austrian team is in Formulas 1 dominated since the summer 2010 to 2013 and won both a racing and a design world title during this period. But after the introduction hybrid technologies he swung to the top Mercedes, who has since won everything that could be won. Double crown they will most likely repeat as well this year, as they are far ahead of the competition.

Marko he says he is surprised because they openly demonstrate their dominance. Because if you would Red Bull to do so at its peak would immediately intervene Bernie Ecclestone in Max mosley. The Austrian joined his colleagues from car engine and sport asked: “Why is Mercedes showing its superiority so openly? In our good years, we didn’t drive at full speed every race and so obviously drifted away. Mosley and Bernie would slow us down right away, which happened often enough nonetheless."It simply came to our notice then Red Bull also lagged behind this season Mercedes, and in the fight for second place they are dangerously threatened by the team Racing Point.

Marko claims yes Red Bull in his best times, he didn’t drive every race to the fullest, as Ecclestone and Mosley would have slowed them down immediately.

It seems to be at Red Bull car instability problem Marko however, he says they have now identified all the problem areas. “After all the reviews, we can say that it is a question of aerodynamics. There is something wrong with the inflow. Certainly the problem is bending the parts, but the air flow is interrupted for other reasons as well. We now know what works and what doesn’t. On this basis, we continue to develop and try to correct mistakes as soon as possible. Therefore, new parts do not come to the race car all at once, but one after the other to see if there is any error."

Marko also wonders and wonders why Mercedes is showing its power and dominance so clearly.

Red Bull he suggested at the beginning of the season that they strive to develop their own DAS system, as they have at Mercedes. However, they will now focus on troubleshooting current problems, which they face before tackling these matters as well, says the race car development program manager. “DAS is not on the table yet. We need to solve our chassis problems first." Mercedes however, he said in the meantime that they would continue to develop the system THE, despite being banned from next year.            

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