Red Bull, step forward in Miami
The Red Bull did not start the new era of Formula 1 in the best way, but in Miami it showed that it has not lost the ability to develop the car. The update package brought to Florida allowed Max Verstappen to be competitive and secure the front row alongside Kimi Antonelli.
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Without that spin in turn 2, which also forced him into an extreme strategy with hard tires, Verstappen would have been in the fight for the podium. Although the age-old problem of the second driver remains (Isack Hadjar was clearly insufficient in Miami), the weekend in Florida gives a lot of confidence to Laurent Mekies.
The words of Mekies
“There was a decisive step forward. In Suzuka we were 1.2 seconds from pole, in China 1 second from pole. So, seeing ourselves six tenths from Friday’s pole and less than two tenths from Saturday’s pole was a clear sign of improvement. It is the most positive thing about this start of the season“, this is the comment from the Frenchman.
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“Our pace was not fast enough for the first two positions, but maybe it was enough to put us in the fight between P3, P4, and P5. Credit goes to Milton Keynes for such an important step forward“, he added. “But I don’t want to be misunderstood, we haven’t solved everything we wanted: there is still more we want to get from our package, and then we are aware that the development race will continue, and that the competition will bring novelties in the next race“. The reference is naturally to Mercedes, which in Montreal will introduce that first big package that Red Bull, Ferrari, and McLaren have already exploited.
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