What Red Bull needs to change

Mercedes’ main rival has the pace to vanquish the reigning world champion team. But it’ll only do so consistently if it eliminates mistakes, especially its star driver’s

ALEX KALINAUCKAS

“Now we’ve lost victory, fastest lap, and pole position,” Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko told Sky Sports Germany after last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. “Something has to change. Either you make a boundary with kerbs or you make gravel or something. If you go out, there’s an automatic penalty.” So far, so baffling. Max Verstappen had just finished second behind Lewis Hamilton, but Red Bull was annoyed that he had lost the bonus point for fastest lap, for running too wide out of the penultimate corner and sliding beyond the kerbs. The stewards did exactly what Marko suggests above and deleted the lap. Somewhat amusingly, Red Bull and Verstappen were only in this position because of a Mercedes own goal. The Black Arrows squad had decided to bring Valtteri Bottas into…

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