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Unreliability cost Red Bull second place to Ferrari – Marko
Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko has blamed its unreliable engines for losing out to Ferrari in 2017 but concedes his team would’ve struggled to taken on Mercedes even without its power unit problems. Marko says he’s certain Red Bull could have backed up its 2016 runner-up place in the Formula 1 World Constructors’ championship this season but a combined 13 DNFs between Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen – although not all down to engine issues – meant it missed out to Ferrari. Red Bull lost out to Ferrari in the teams’ standings by 154 points at the end of 2017, and finished 300 points behind Mercedes, but Marko feels his team’s retirement numbers is a more...
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