McLaren has already overtaken Red Bull in the constructors’ world championship. Twenty points ahead after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. And the energy drink team already assumes that it won’t be able to compete with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Speaking to ‘Racing News 365’, Helmut Marko acknowledged that they do not aspire to this championship: “If I give up the constructors’ world championship? To be honest, yes.”
In the drivers’ world championship, he believes that Max Verstappen is still the favourite: “The positive is that Oscar Piastri is close to Lando Norris in terms of points and there are team orders within McLaren. Therefore, the situation will not be the same.” clear”.
Of course, in Baku the Dutchman was also unable to fight with the front (even after the accident between Checo Perez and Carlos Sainz): “Max couldn’t even hang on. The tires failed and the brake temperature increased. The car has potential, but the set-up is still very sensitive.”
“We will not see any progress in Singapore yet“We’ll just have to see how we come out of this race, but we really need to improve on Austin. Otherwise the drivers’ championship will also be in danger,” Marko said.
