We warned him before the season started. Besides being the year of the start of the new season F1 Given the massive changes in regulations, one thing that is key to understanding what could happen this year is the machines. Teams have until March 1 to make or upgrade their power units. From that day, the engines will be ‘frozen’ until the new propellant regulations of 2026. That means, from that date and for 4 courses, teams will not be able to evolve their machine in search of more power. They can only make improvements for reliability under the approval of FIA. It was normal then that all groups preferred to go for the horses, thinking that they would have time to improve the durability of their thrusters. And in this sense, at the beginning of the 2022 academic year, it is expected that there will be these kinds of failures. But what anyone can’t imagine is that these setbacks will drastically affect the champion’s results. Verstappen and your team.
Max Verstappen experienced his second abandonment in three races at the Australian GP. That is, he only finished one race in three possible scenarios, the one in Jeddah, and he won. Therefore, you will only add those 25 points to your locker. At the first appointment of the year, Verstappen left because of an internal fuel leak due to a problem with the fuel pump, something for which his partner ‘Checo’ Pérez also withdrew from the same race. Nor did it improve the situation that his ‘B’ team, which also has a Honda engine, saw how Gasly left because of another machine problem.
Doubts seem to have disappeared in Saudi Arabia, with the success of Max Verstappen, although another Honda engine, in this case one from AlphaTauri of Tsunoda, failed in the race. And two weeks later, Verstappen survived another nightmare, leaving Australia for another disaster similar to what happened in Bahrain.
“We believe it was an external fuel leak and we need to understand exactly what caused that failure., so it’s a very frustrating career in that sense. But we’re at it as a team and we’re coming back. We’re not at Ferrari speed right now, so congratulations to Charles. There is a long time ahead and we have the foundation of a fast and competitive car, but we need to solve these problems quickly and we will continue to move forward. ” Christian HornerRed Bull Team Principal, at the end of the race.
Red Bull and AlphaTauri added 5 withdrawals in 3 races
Between the two Red Bulls and the two AlphaTauri, in 3 races they should have crossed the finish line 12 times. However, Verstappen is the fifth car abandonment powered by Red Bull Power Units, 41% of total participations so far of course. The situation at Red Bull has nothing to write home about. They have the hardest thing to find: the most powerful machine. But if you’re in trouble, it won’t help them. They need to find solutions.
Other concerns
On the other hand, the event in Australia also leaves other doubts on the set Milton Keynes. More than the machine, another of my big concerns Verstappen It’s the massive degradation he has in his tires and seeing that no matter how hard he tries, he can do nothing to keep up with Leclerc’s Ferrari.
“I don’t really have a run, and I’m just trying to manage the wheels to try to get to the finish because it still seems easy to be second. And I know I can’t fight Charles, so there’s no point in trying to put pressure on him.But we didn’t even finish the race. It’s pretty frustrating and unacceptable. “ sabi Verstappen after the race.
“To be honest, the race didn’t promise me anything at all. Because it was just a terrible race.”he says between laughs, as if trying to defuse the matter, but with a very strong message.
“I just don’t have the rhythm. I can’t push because the tires are broken. So we have to understand what happened because every time I try to follow Leclerc, there’s no way. I could have followed him without my tires breaking. In the second stint I was managing my own pace compared to my pursuers. It was an easy second, but for that you have to finish, you know, to get that second position though having a bad day. It’s very frustrating, “continued Max.
The Italians favored Red Bull on this track because of its higher top speed, but the result was very different, with Leclerc winning his second race of the year and increasing his lead at the World Championship, earning that’s a whopping 46 points. reigning champion. Ferrari warned on Thursday that the characteristics of the next track, Imola, are more favorable for Ferrari than Melbourne. Notice your rivals. Ferrari should be more competitive at the Emilia Romagna GP and
Leclerc may have a good chance of continuing to widen his gap with Verstappen, who in turn will have to pray that Red Bull will find a definite solution to its mechanical problems. Ferrari has more downforce, is very fast in corners, has a powerful and reliable engine that has not yet fully opened the faucet, and therefore has greater potential.
Ferrari’s great strength is a bigger problem for a struggling Red Bull. This isn’t the perfect situation for the Dutchman, who doesn’t even want to talk about the title: “We’re already way behind so I don’t even want to think about the championship fight right now, I think it’s more important to finish the races.”.
Source: La Verdad
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