Mercedes’ James Allison claims Red Bull’s upgrade ‘looks like a downgrade’
Mercedes' James Allison believes F1 ri🅠vals Red Bull may have taken a step backwards with a recent upꦡgrade.
Mercedes F1 technical director James Allisonဣ has suggested Red Bull’s recent struggles may be the result of an upgrade package that has not worked.
Aft🌊er making a dominant start to the season and winning four of the opening five races, ✨Red Bull have been victorious just once in the last three events amid increasing pressure from nearest rivals Ferrari and McLaren.
Having been beaten by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris in Miami,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen returned to winning ways at Imola but had to withstand late pressure from the McLaren driver. Red Bull then suffered their worst weekend of the seasoಞn in Monaco.
Verstappen could only finish sixth as the team battled ride problems, opening the door for Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc to claim a maiden victory in Monaco a♛nd reduce the Dutchman’s championship lead down to 31 points.
Allison reckons Red Bull's step backwards could be due to a recent car update del▨ivering a “downgrade” in performance.
"My guess is that as soon as there's a decent range of cornering speeds, they will be useful agaဣin," Allison told media including ESPN in Montreal.
"But it does look as if t♋heir upgrade was a downgrade, so fingers crossed tꩲhat will really f*** them up.
"That makes life hard because the moment you stop trusting your tools, you back track and you start losing time. And ti﷽me is your biggest friend and los🦂ing it is your worst enemy.”
Asked if seeing the championship leaders struggle excited Mercedes, Allison responded: “Everyone always loves other people's misery in this game.♊”
Mercedes introduced a new front wing design in Monaco and have followed that up with further 🍒updates in Montreal this weekend as they look to improve the ꦅW15’s fluctuating performance across high and low-speed corners.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell posted the second-fastest time when the track was at its driest during FP2 on Friday, while168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton took fourth in a deluge-hit openi꧂ng practice.
"Where we are now seems to be better than where we w💙ere two races ago,” Allison added. Hopefully it will be somewhat better in a couple of races from now.
"We've gone from being really embarrassingly crap o𒊎r not good enough in the beginningღ of the year, to being near the fight.
"A little bit more will ge🍌t us right in the melee."
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