F1 British GP: Red Bull to bring upgrades to Silverstone like Mercedes: Red Bull will be bringing upgrades to the British Grand Prix next weekend as Christian Horner admits that Mercedes will also bring upgrades to their W13 challenger, which can make them a real contender at the Silverstone circuit. Follow Formula 1 Updates and British Grand Prix Live on InsideSport.IN.
Even the chief advisor of Red Bull Helmut Marko admits that the upgrades that will come to Silverstone will majorly help Max Verstappen and keep Hamilton and Leclerc at bay in the drivers’ standings.
F1 British GP: Red Bull set to COPY Mercedes, will bring UPGRADES to Silverstone like the Silver Arrows
Red Bull’s head Horner conceded that those updates would see Mercedes become ‘an element’ one week from now as Hamilton will endeavour to win his fourth continuous British Grand Prix, and eighth in nine years. “Mercedes’ pace in the race today [at the Canadian Grand Prix] was, you know, they were competitive. Smooth circuit [at Silverstone], they could be a factor.”
“We know the Ferrari’s good in the high-speed stuff. Meanwhile, we saw that in Barcelona, so you’d think it would swing perhaps back towards Ferrari’s domain. We knew Azerbaijan and this race were tracks that might favour us. And we’ve nailed those two results, which I’m really delighted with,” Horner added.
F1 British GP: Red Bull set to COPY Mercedes, will bring UPGRADES to Silverstone like the Silver Arrows
“It’s always a thrill to race at Silverstone. It’s our local race, we’re only 15 minutes up the road. I’m sure there’s going to be huge support for Lewis and George and Lando [Norris]. But, you know, we’re going there leading both championships, as we did last year, but just hoping for a little bit of a better end result than what we got,” Horner concluded.
Marko affirmed that updates would be coming at Silverstone from Red Bull, yet didn’t affirm the size of the package. Mercedes have previously declared that they will carry upgrades with them to Silverstone, as technical director Mike Elliott conceded that they will be ‘attempting to push the vehicle forward’ after back-to-back 3-4 completions for Hamilton and George Russell.
Great work at the #CanadianGP, @MercedesAMGF1! 🙌😎 @LewisHamilton brings home a well deserved and hard fought P3! @GeorgeRussell63 continues his streak of consecutive top-5 finishes, starting from P8 and crossing the line in P4. 👏 pic.twitter.com/CUvHAu1ZLX
— Mercedes-AMG Motorsport (@amgmotorsport) June 20, 2022
Red Bull’s factory is situated in Milton Keynes and having fourteen days between races is likewise great for Horner and Verstappen according from a logistical perspective. Max Verstappen is 46 points ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez, who is second in the driver’s standings, and 49 in front of Ferrari’s Leclerc as the 24-year-old endeavours to bring home consecutive Formula 1 title.
DRIVER STANDINGS@Max33Verstappen is sitting very pretty at the top 📈#CanadianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/56VCwyeGPs
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 19, 2022
F1 British GP: Red Bull set to COPY Mercedes, will bring UPGRADES to Silverstone like the Silver Arrows
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