Christian Horner plays down Mercedes improvement: “They were still 23 seconds behind…”
Mercꦕedes scored their bes🃏t result of the year in Barcelona with a 2-3 finish.
Lewis Hamilton finished a comfortable second, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell fended off a recovering168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sergio Perez to claim his first podium of F1 2023.
It seems that 𒁃Mercedes' new upgrade, which was introduced in Monaco, has made a significant impact on their form.
Horner was asked ab🐠out the Mercedes resurgence after the race on Sunday.
He replied: “They were stil𓄧l 23 seconds behind at the end of the race. They’ve made a good step but I tไhink we’ve got some stuff in the pipeline.
“They’ve had a big upgrade. We’ve had some bits com🍰ing later iꦦnto the season but look, for sure, a big step.
“They’re a qualit✅y team and they’re going to be 💟putting us under pressure in the second part of the year.”
It was Merceℱdes’ turn in Barcelona to be Red Bull’s nearest challenger as Ferrari and Aston Martin struggled.
Horner adm😼itted that it’s difficult to predict who will be the second-fastest team in F🉐1 given how it is changing on a race-by-race basis.
“Well the for𒁃m is moving around,” Horner added. “If you look at Lando’s lap yesterday, the Mercedes look strong in the race today. The Ferraris didn’t have the pace we thou♕ght they might have.
“The form behind us does seem to be moving around a lot at the moment. It’🍃s difficult to predict who’s going to be at which event.”
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