The former Red Bull man ‘snubs’ the Scuderia
“The first laps were actually spectacular, let’s give these new rules time, although I hope we soon return to talking about drivers and not software”. Surprisingly Helmut Marko is not leading the charge of those who want to sink this “Formula E on steroids” as soon as possible, but the Circus veteran is certainly not charmed by ‘fake’ overtakes. “We didn’t see overtakes because a driver braked later or because he was better at preparing the maneuver coming out of the corner”, said Marko when reached by the German broadcaster sport.de.
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According to the former Red Bull man the Mercedes advantage is quite significant: “The measure of how much stronger Mercedes is at the moment was given by Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the first part of the race. At the start he slipped down to seventh position, but soon found himself in second place, running substantially a second faster than his opponents. The W17s are on rails.”
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Marko believes that Mercedes’ real rival, more than Ferrari could be McLaren because it has the same power unit: “Ferrari creates havoc and reshuffles the deck at the start thanks to the fact that it has a smaller turbo; without this aspect we wouldn’t even have had an exciting start to the race, but I don’t think the balance of power on track will change particularly in the next races. McLaren has the same engine as Mercedes and once the software and programming problems are solved, it could be the team closest to Mercedes.”
