The grid in Australia according to Marko: “Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull”

According to Marko, the top teams will be unreachable

Here we go. F1 this weekend in Melbourne in Australia will give the first verdicts after a Shakedown and two test sessions and then there will immediately be a ‘rematch’ in China with a Sprint weekend.

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For the first time in many years Helmut Marko will not be traveling to Australia and will follow the races on TV. The former Red Bull man has a hypothetical starting grid in mind after what emerged in the tests: “Red Bull close to Mercedes? Let’s wait and see what happens in Melbourne – said Marko interviewed by Kleine Zeitung – Mercedes took to the track with more fuel on board and didn’t push the engine to the maximum. I see them ahead of Ferrari, then McLaren and finally Red Bull behind this trio. The top teams will be unreachable for the other teams, it will be very difficult to get into the top-5 given that eight cars will be significantly faster than the others.”

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Helmut Marko was amazed by the excellent impressions given by the power unit Red Bull-Ford: “The reliability surprised me, it is certainly a good base to start from.” The great former Red Bull man also dedicated a few words to Isack Hadjar: “He must have patience to ‘build’ the speed to stay close to Verstappen. In the long runs he did well, among Max’s recent teammates he was the one who was closest to him”.

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