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'Mercedes are trying too hard and they've stumbled' - Brawn

'Mercedes are trying too hard and they've stumbled' - Brawn

28-06-2021 20:34 Last update: 21:02
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Ross Brawn is a great admirer of Red Bull Racing, and he believes the team should have been winning from the start of the season, but the Austrians were clearly yet to gain steam. Mercedes are now 'trying too hard', to make up the difference says Brawn.

Red Bull got off to a slow start

"This is the fascinating thing about F1. Sometimes you win races you shouldn’t win. Sometimes you don’t win races you should win," the sporting director opens his column on F1.com. Brawn had expected victories from Red Bull from the very beginning, but in the first four races they only won once.

The four races that have followed have all been won by a Red Bull driver. Max Verstappen has taken three of those, while Sergio Perez secured his first win for his new team in Baku. "It did feel at the beginning of the year that Red Bull, who were a very slick operation, fumbled a bit. But now they are back up to speed," said Brawn.

Mercedes sinks back

"What looked to be the better car is now showing it in the results." Mercedes, on the other hand, seem to be going downhill. The German team drove faster in the first few races, but there is little left of that in Brawn's opinion: "It’s been the opposite in the last couple of races. Mercedes are trying too hard, and they’ve stumbled a bit," concluded the 66-year-old Briton.