Max Verstappen elected the two races in Austria in 2021 as the races that he personally places at the top of the approval list among last season’s glorious weekends. The sweaty victories in France, the United States and, of course, Abu Dhabi were overshadowed by the Dutch driver who evidently felt great satisfaction in literally dominating for two consecutive weekends, opening a gap in the Drivers’ standings that seemed safe. only to see it canceled at Silverstone and Budapest, two black weekends that sent Verstappen on vacation even as a pursuer of Lewis Hamilton.
The reigning world champion has already won four times at the Red Bull Ring, a track that has always exalted the cars built by Adrian Newey and the Honda power unit: “The Honda power unit performs very well at high altitudes – underlined Helmut Marko to the microphones of the Austrian broadcaster Servus Tv – and it is on this track that we achieved our first victory with Honda in 2019 ″.
According to Marko, rival teams in Austria will also have to deal with a porpoising particularly accentuated that could further put the Red Bull pursuers in the two world rankings in difficulty: “I think the other teams will have more problems than usual in terms of hopping and therefore they will have to lift the cars off the ground more than expected”.
Red Bull’s first of two consecutive home games at Silverstone did not go according to plan and in Milton Keynes saw the end of the streak of six victories in a row inaugurated in Imola and continued as far as Canada. Max Verstappen picked up some debris and had to settle for seventh position, Sergio Perez instead had to replace the front wing and was put back into play by the Safety Car which allowed Checo to finish in second place while limiting the damage. The first Sprint weekend at Imola was an opportunity for Red Bull to relaunch after the debacle in Australia. The goal of the men led by Christian Horner is to give an encore by exploiting the home factor properly this time.
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