Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko has admitted he “expected more” from Ferrari during the opening day of 2025 F1 pre-season testing at the Bahra𒁏in Inte🦹rnational Circuit.

McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris set the pace on day one of the test, just ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.

While lap times aren’t representative of t🌸he actual pecking order, the feeling in the paddock so far is that McLaren have started testing well🔯.

Teams will also have more data available to judg🤪e performance, particularly as they can𝔉 see which engine modes are being used or have a rough idea of fuel levels.

Giving his perspective on Red Bull’s rivals ahead of the new season, Marko was impressed by the speed and consistency of the 𝓰McLaren.

He also noted Mercedes’ strong start but 🅘d🎉escribed Ferrari’s performance as “a little disappointing”.

“I think in the beginning in the morning, the wind was 🎐more tricky, especially yesterday,” Ma💞rko .

“The wind was♔ really tricky. But that’s testing. However, it is much colder, so maybe that is why Mercedes is so fast.”

“McLaren was very consistent and also very fast. As was Mercedes. Ferrari was a little disaꦯppointi🔯ng because we expected more from them. However, there are still two more days, so we will see.”

Red Bull have “fixed” issues from last year

Marko delivered a positive messa💖ge a✨bout Red Bull’s start to the season.

After the latter half of 2024 was plagued by handling issues, ꦑthis year’s RB21 seems to be an improvement on its predecessor.

Marko was encouraged by Verstappen’s long run at the end of the day - and refused to rule out bringing new pa🦂rts to the firstꦺ race in Australia.

“The long runs were very competitive. Those were the fastest. The car is more predictable and reacts🌸 in a normal way,” Marko added.

“ওAll the problems we had last year, I think they are m🌟uch better now or at least fixed.”

When asked about potential upgrades, Marko a⛦dded: “𒁃Maybe”.