“I think the circuit might be a better fit for Mercedes”– Red Bull boss thinks Zandvoort more suited to Mercedes despite it being Max Verstappen’s home race

Tanish Chachra | 03/09/2021
"I think the circuit, might be a better fit for Mercedes"– Red Bull boss thinks Zandvoort more suited to Mercedes despite it being Max Verstappen's home race

“I think the circuit, might be a better fit for Mercedes”– Red Bull boss Helmut Marko feels Mercedes has an edge at Zandvoort.

Formula 1 has returned to Zandvoort for the first time since 1985, and Max Verstappen fans are ready to support him with all the might in the championship race.

However, Red Bull chief Helmut Marko thinks that Mercedes might perform better than them at the Dutch circuit despite it being Verstappen’s home race.

“I think the circuit, with all those corner combinations, might be a better fit for Mercedes,” Marko told Kronen Zeitung. “But we have Verstappen, who will outperform himself in front of the Orange Army.”

“It remains a close fight [and] nobody comes close to Max and Lewis right now. Our seven wins to Mercedes’ four shows that we are generally the faster team.”

Verstappen was greeted by fans at the circuit with a massive roar during Free Practice 1, with the Orange colour representing the Dutch identity was flared.

Mercedes edges past Red Bull in FP1

Maybe Marko has some ground in his claim, as Mercedes bagged Fp1’s session to their name after Hamilton sealed P1 after recording a difference of nine-hundredths of a second.

Though the session was majorly cropped, Sebastian Vettel’s car had major faults, which caused a red flag, and was only resumed when it was ensured that his car is safe to lift from the track, though only five minutes were left.

Following this, the session was resumed and brought in good news for Mercedes, but honestly, Verstappen is not that far away, so an intense battle is expected.

Post Edited By: Subham Jindal
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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