Red Bull special advisor Dr. Helmut Marko believes Sergio Perez may struggle to cope with the team’s 2022 challenger compared to his teammate Max Verstappen. The RB17, which was designed according to the new, comprehensive regulations, should have significantly less downforce than the previous generation.
The Austrian spoke to ServusTV in an interview. Marko commented on Red Bull’s potential in the coming season and how its drivers could adapt to the new cars:
“The car has to be as fast as possible; it doesn’t have to feel comfortable or pleasant. Only our second drivers often have the biggest problems with that. “
Initial indications from teams and drivers across the grid indicate that the new cars will be more similar to the current generation F2 cars in terms of driveability. This means that the cars are less stable at high speeds when driven at the limit.
Drivers who are better able to cope with rear instability or “oversteer” – the tendency of the car to turn into corners more than the driver intended – should therefore have an advantage in the coming season.
However, not every driver can cope with an oversteering car right away. While some drivers can adjust their driving style to “work around the problem”, others often struggle with confidence and therefore tend to be slower.
As Marko mentioned, Max Verstappen’s teammates have been prime examples of this scenario in recent years. Both Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon struggled to keep up with Max Verstappen in terms of pace as they prefer a more stable car. Max Verstappen, on the other hand, has always tended to choose performance instead of “drivability”.
Meanwhile, Sergio Perez was able to handle the Red Bull better than Gasly and Albon. However, the Mexican is still struggling at times in the 2021 season to keep up with Verstappen’s pace.
Max Verstappen doesn’t mind if 2022 cars are slower as long as they allow closer races
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen says he doesn’t mind if the new cars are slower than the 2021 cars, as long as they live up to the promise of making closer races possible. The Dutchman says that if the new cars are easier to track at high speeds, then it would be “worth the change”.
In an interview with RN365, Max Verstappen said about his expectations for the new season:
“The cars are a bit slower, but I hope the races get better, that we can overtake more and that the teams get closer together. Then it doesn’t matter that you are a little slower. “
The Comprehensive Regulations for the Cars of 2022 were originally introduced to address one of the biggest complaints of the previous generation of cars – the lack of organic overtaking.
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