Marko oferece uma visão contrastante sobre o resultado da classificação em Spa em comparação com Verstappen.

Contrariamente à corrida sprint, onde Max Verstappen conseguiu vencer, a Red Bull Racing ajustou as configurações para a qualificação.

"Colocamos significantemente mais asas. Durante a corrida sprint, já sentíamos que estávamos muito atrás em termos de velocidade máxima", disse Helmut Marko na ORF e

This choice was deliberately made with an eye on Sunday. Thus, the Austrian racing team seems to have learned from Silverstone. "We assume it will rain tomorrow, and in that case, I think the setting is quite good. Therefore, I don't see a big problem there. We just didn't get it as optimal as we did for the sprint race."

At the end of Q3, the sun came out at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. As a result, very few drivers managed to improve their time: "Such temperature differences, two to four degrees, making such a big difference, is something completely new. A complicated science," said Marko.

The Red Bull consultant is quite hopeful about the Belgian Grand Prix: "We are focused on the race and we are optimistic about that. Overall, the conclusion is very good. We have four cars in the top 10. Max made two mistakes, one of them serious. So that's fine."

Yuki Tsunoda managed to make it to Q3 for the first time in a long while. The Japanese, after waiting for a long time, also has new updates to his floor. This put him quite close to Verstappen in qualifying: "Especially Yuki participated for the first time."

"So overall we are satisfied," concluded Marko.

Verstappen was informed of Marko’s positive attitude during a media session with, among others, GPblog. The Dutchman laughed and replied: “Helmut is not in the car.”