Red Bull is in difficulty. McLaren and Ferrari are in the lead and the fourth consecutive world championship Max Verstappen is more in danger than ever. Mainly because of the harassment of Lando Norris. And the energy drinks team protested the current state of their wind tunnel.
In an interview with ‘Motorsport’, Helmut Marko He complains about the age of his wind tunnel: “A more modern wind tunnel would really help us…”.
“Our wind tunnel is a post-war model built by the British Army. And of course, this has its drawbacks like the outside temperature, the very long distances, the warm-up time and all that,” specifies the advisor of the energy drinks team.
It will be from 2026 that Red Bull will be able to launch its new machine: “We are far from ideal. And I hope our new wind tunnel can start operating in 2026.”
“A wake-up call”
Marko recognizes that since Monza they have been on alert: “Monza was more than a wake-up call…”
“I don’t remember a time when we made so many mistakes in terms of strategy, pit stops, pace and everything else. You have to give the car a wider operating window, don’t “Don’t let performance change that much with relatively small changes.” ” he said.
In the United States they will make improvements and want to be on par with McLaren again: “I think the deciding factor will be the performance in Austin and there will be a lot more to come.”
