Red Bull Crisis, Wolff: “Their Decline Is Incredible, But When You Lose…”

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There Red Bull in Singapore he will not race with the special livery inspired by fans to save a few extra grams that would have taken away performance from the RB20s of Verstappen and Perez. In Baku Checo was even fighting for second place with the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, while Max Verstappen had to give way to the Mercedes of George Russell who then inherited the podium due to the accident involving Perez and Sainz.

The Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff He commented on the difficult situation that Red Bull is going through, the team that has lost the lead in the Constructors’ standings: “Their decline is incredible – the words of Wolff reached by the Austrian newspaper oe24 – but when you lose people of value it is impossible that there are no consequences”. Red Bull lost Adrian Newey in the spring and sporting director Jonathan Wheatley is also packing his bags and heading to Audi. Even Gianpiero Lambiase’s permanence is not to be taken for granted according to what is circulating in the paddock.

Mercedes, after the three victories obtained before the summer break, does not seem to have what it takes to aim for victory. Wolff analyzed pros and cons of the situation, even if it is necessary to push hard with a view to 2025: “We are fourth in the Constructors’ standings and it is unlikely that we will finish third. This could help us in terms of hours of development in the wind tunnel for 2026. First, however, there is 2025 and we must finish this championship well also because the 2025 car will be strongly ‘daughter’ of the W15”.