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Pink Bull’s 2024 F1 issues solved by extra predictable RB21 – Marko
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Pink Bull’s 2024 F1 issues solved by extra predictable RB21 – Marko

By Miles Cooper February 27, 2025
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Pink Bull advisor Helmut Marko has mentioned Formulation 1’s first winter check day in Bahrain provided promising clues that the group might have lastly fastened its 2024 issues.

Final 12 months’s RB20 began off in dominant trend within the fingers of Max Verstappen, but it surely was regularly overhauled by McLaren and to a lesser extent Ferrari, whereas recurring stability issues hindered Verstappen and significantly his team-mate Sergio Perez, whose kind was abysmal.

For this 12 months’s RB21, the Milton Keynes-based squad aimed to enhance the automobile stability and its set-up window with out compromising outright pace, having discovered a clearer path from September’s Italian Grand Prix to deal with the underlying issues.

Analysing early long-run knowledge from Wednesday’s first day of testing in Bahrain, Pink Bull appeared to edge barely forward of McLaren, albeit with the same old caveats that accompany winter testing.

However when quizzed by Motorsport.com after Wednesday’s working, Marko mentioned the group had been inspired by how effectively the RB21 carried out on its maiden voyage.

“The lengthy runs have been actually aggressive; it was the quickest,” he mentioned. “The automobile is extra predictable and reacts to the adjustments within the regular manner. So, all the issues we had final 12 months, I consider they’re much higher, or perhaps they’re additionally sorted.

Pink Bull’s 2024 F1 issues solved by extra predictable RB21 – Marko

Helmut Marko, Guide, Pink Bull Racing, Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing, Christian Horner, Workforce Principal, Pink Bull Racing

Picture by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photographs

“Max says the automobile is extra advanced and is extra put collectively, and no matter they do on adjustments, the automobile is reacting in the appropriate manner.

“On his quickest lap, he had somewhat downside, so it might have been [quicker]. However anyway, we are saying that lengthy runs have been actually spectacular and our tyre put on was excellent. The automobile has the broader vary and is extra predictable for the drivers.”

When requested if different groups had stood out to him, he replied: “McLaren was additionally very constant and quick. Similar with Mercedes. We anticipated extra from Ferrari, however there are two extra days, so we’ll see.”

Marko additionally reckons Verstappen’s new team-mate Liam Lawson has made a brilliant begin to life at Pink Bull’s A-team, although the New Zealander’s facet of the storage remains to be exploring the best way to get essentially the most out of the medium tyres.

“He did a great job,” Marko added. “He simply could not achieve when he modified from laborious to medium.

“We additionally modified one thing on the automobile, which did not work, and he mentioned it was the flawed choice. So, all people was gaining three to 5 tenths, and he simply gained one tenth.”

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