Bojan Vrbnjak
The Austrian noticed on Friday that he was Mercedes here on the track in Sochi too fast and dominant, hence the team’s decision from Milton Keynes in the end it was not very difficult.
"With this superiority of Mercedes, Max would be third in qualifying at best. Due to the penalty he received at Monza, he would have fallen three places back, to sixth place. Replacing one engine component, however, would take it back to starting position 16. This is no better than the last starting row, which is why we decided to replace the entire drive unit,”Is a colleague from car engine and sport said Marko. Often the engine change is done only before the third workout. Red Bull however, he decided to do so before another.
Marko mention good reasons here. “With the new engine, we wanted to drive on a dry track. Calibration in our country takes a bit longer than in Mercedes. We didn’t want to do that in the rain.“Because the possibility rain is very large today. Because of this threat, she did not guarantee that she would Hamilton easily found in the first place, but for Max Verstappen it will end up being incredibly difficult to Russia leaves as a leader in the championship. “Our trails come with Turkey, Austin and Mexico. We anticipate that Mercedes will accept a penalty here for changing Hamilton’s engine. For the same reasons we did here in Sochi,He added Marko, which is linked to the dominance of Mercedes in Russia.
However, it is Toto wolff hinted yesterday that it is by no means certain that it will Hamilton got a new engine this year. It is possible that the Briton will end the season with three permitted engines. But Red Bull counting on a race in the rain? This has its advantages and disadvantages. “On the one hand, Max can show off his racing skills in the rain. On the other hand, in the rain, there is a greater risk that someone will crash into your car or that poor visibility would make it impossible to overtake," Ends Marko.
