Formula 1 racing team Red Bull around Superstar Max Verstappen hook the World Cup after the debacle at the Austria Grand Prix. Motor sports director Dr. Helmut Marko found clear words.
The 2025 World Cup for Red Bull. “The deficit is almost unas facts. If nothing extraordinary happens, we have to assume that the World Cup is gone,” said Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko after the race in Spielberg at “Sky”: “This is a very black day.”
After the difficult qualifying on Saturday, from which the four -time world champion Max Verstappen emerged as seventh and his team -mate Yuki Tsunoda as 18th, the race developed into a disaster in hot temperatures on the home route.
Mercedes-rookie Kimi Antonelli, who hit Max Verstappen shortly after the start in the third curve, was to blame. “Antonelli came out of nowhere and completely cleared him,” said Marko, who is convinced that a good result would otherwise have been possible: “We would have fought for the podium. Mercedes was not quick, the Ferraris were not outstanding either. The podium would have been possible.
“I’m outside, I was hit like crazy … Idiots,” said Verstappen, before he had Anonelli explained the blackout at the scene of the accident. The Dutch pulled the helmet from the head and trotted back from the gravel bed towards Garage, where Antonelli later visited him again.
Ferrari star Charles Leclerc finished third behind the inaccessible McLaren pilots Lando Norris and Oscar Piatri, who in turn fought a gripping fight on the racetrack-but almost 20 seconds behind Piatri.
Tsunoda becomes the last – Marko excludes another change
The race was catastrophic, however, for Verstappen’s teammate Yuki Tsunoda, who “currently lacks self -confidence”, says Marko. The Japanese, who had received Liam Lawson’s place early in the season, ended the race in the last place. “We have to think about how we stabilize it.”
Nevertheless, the Red Bull boss made it clear in an interview that another driver change is not made. “We don’t have much time, the next race is in next week. We will try everything to stabilize it,” said the Austrian, who added: “Now there would be no sense at all.”
Meanwhile, the Spielberg debacle at Red Bull was accompanied by the speculation to a possible change from Max Verstappen to Mercedes. “There is a contract until 2028, which has exit clauses that are performance -related. According to the current status, there is no doubt that the contract is fulfilled,” said Helmut Marko only on the topic.