Marko praises Verstappen: "Shows we have world champion in house"

Helmut Marko saw a Red Bull Racing car cross the finish line first on a Sunday for the third time this season. The advisor to the Austrian racing team is delighted with the victory that Max Verstappen was able to take. At the same time, he is disappointed that Sergio Perez fell just short of a podium finish.

"Max didn't make any mistakes, he drove in the best possible way. It was really very difficult to resist that pressure, a great race from him," Marko told the cameras of Sky's German branch. Red Bull now seems to have the upper hand in Formula 1, but the Austrian doesn't want to get too ahead of himself. "We have to look from race to race. In Barcelona, everything will be different again. "

Still, Marko told De Telegraaf he is convinced that Red Bull is capable of overtaking Ferrari in both the driver and constructor standings. "After the race in Australia we were more than forty points behind, then I said it could still go either way. And now it's nineteen... It's so close, a question of which circuit suits which car best."

Verstappen takes on Leclerc

According to Red Bull Racing's top man, after five Grands Prix, it is in any case already clear which two drivers will fight for the title in 2022. "It will be a fight between Max and Leclerc," he states. He ends with a nice compliment for Verstappen: "This shows that we have a world champion in the house. We can count on him and he should also be able to deliver under difficult conditions."