ꦇChristian Horner will be🌜 scratching his head in confusion after Red Bull were outperformed by their sister team on Friday at the F1 Australian Grand Prix, it was claimed.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Racing Bulls duo 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda and rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Isack Hadjar were fourth and sixth on the pra🐲ctice timesheet respectively.

Although Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and both McLarens went faster, and Lewis Hamilton was between them, it was an outstanding start to the 2025 F1 campaign for Racing Bꦓulls.

“Both drivers are doing a great job, showing a lot of confidence,” Karun Chandhok told Sky Spor🃏ts.

“Hadjar particularly, on his first day as a grand prix driver, to be ahead of✱ Verstappen!

“I imagine there are stern conversat♊ions going on b🍌ack-and-forth.

“It’s 💛on Friday and we don’t know the engine modes. But🦹 [Racing Bulls] will sleep well tonight.

“I’m not sure that the Red Bull camp wil🌠l. He was six tenths away from Leclerc’s time.”

Red Bull 'head-scratching' after F1 Australian GP practice

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen was seventh in practice for the F1 Australian Grand Prix🦄, while his new 🌼teammate Liam Lawson was worryingly 17th.

Given McLaren entered the season exp﷽ected to possess the fastest car, and Ferrari had hype surrounding Hamilton and the c📖ompetitiveness of their SF-25, it was an early setback for Red Bull.

“Max was deep into Turn 1 and 🃏3, he couldn’t get the car stopped. His drive was edgy,” Chandhok assessed.

“Lawson did♔n’t look comfortable. At no point did he pop up on the times꧂heet.

“Even whe💧n he went from the medium to the soft, he was sti෴ll behind Max’s medium time.

“It’s been a tough day, he wa♔s six tenths away fr𒀰om Max.

“There will be some head-scratching.

“But tomorrow is a fresh day and we’ll s🥃ee if they can drag themselves out.”

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Red Bull ar⛄e no strangers to turning a below-par Friday into an outstanding Saturday, particularly with Verstappen behind the wheel 𝔉of their car.

Verstappen, who is chasing a fifth consecutive drivers’ title this season, claimed the ba💮lance of his RB21 was fine but he struggled with grip.

He conceded that the nature of his problems might be difficult for his engin🔯eers to🔯 solve before qualifying.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner also mounted a defence of Lawson, who🔥 was half-a-second slower than Verstappen in pr⛄actice.

Laws♈on occupies the unenviable role of Verstappen’s teammate, a status which has chewed up five previous drivers.

Horner admitted that Lawson was slow on Friday but insisted he was a rookie (despite him driving in 11🌠 grands prix prior to🌌 2025), and that he would be given time to grow into his role.