The reigning Red Bull champion is optimistic: “The tests went well, but we’ll find out the values this weekend. The balance of the car, however, is good”. Russell: “Mercedes with a bit of a margin, but Red Bull is ahead”
March 02
– sakhir (bahrain)
Max Verstappen he is relaxed and confident, but still tries to hide. There is a climate of optimism around the Red Bull and the world champion wants to stay focused. But of course, it’s not good news when asked who Red Bull’s first rival will be and the answer is: “Ourselves, as well as the teams that are close to us. We have to stay on track, we can’t make too many mistakes, we have to minimize them. minimum. We must never be content.”
progress
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The risk of satisfaction is perhaps at the moment the most dangerous opponent of a Red Bull that has made a great impression. “Am I the favourite? It’s been 3 positive days and the progress has been evident – said the world champion – but we have to see where we’ll be this weekend. Then there will be developments and performance on different tracks. The sensations are good, the balance of the car is good. I think we did a good job in the winter.”
Russell speaks
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Ferrari’s other opponent is the Mercedes. Today George Russell he said he was certain that Red Bull was still ahead: “The mood in the team is good – he said – the tests were good and we learned a lot. Red Bull is very strong, but we have a big margin for improvement. This weekend we will have to see who has the best pace. The test, I must say, gave good indications but until qualifying and the race start we have no idea how they went. For some teams there were excellent indications. Everyone has a fast car. convinced that Red Bull will do a separate race in Bahrain. However, after the tests, we have drawn some indications that I think will help us to have a better pace than last week”.
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March 02, 2023 – 16:07
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