Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has claimed that Ferrari “squeezed” everything out of their F1 engine in their bid to win their home grand prix.
Despite ultimately having to settle with third and fourth in the race, Ferrari’s performance across the weekend, particularly in qualifying, caught the eye.ended up third-quickest.
And Marko believes that Ferrari turned up their power units to the maximum in their desperation to seal a famous home win. “We knew that Ferrari would put everything possible into Monza,” Marko told Servus TV. “They went to the maximum and squeezed out the last horsepower. “But we also knew that the engine would suffer later for that. Unlike them, we have a universal car. So we knew it would be tight and didn’t lose our nerve.
“But we were still surprised that we didn’t keep up with Ferrari at first,” Marko, 80, continued. “Max [Verstappen] had to drive differently and change his strategy and just be patient.
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