Bahrain GP: Red Bull Hold speaks in the middle of increasing tension between managers and team Max Verstappen

Red Bull’s Helmut Marko described the performance of the team on the Bahrain Grand Prix as a “very alarming” after the manager Max Verstappen threw out his anger after the race.

Verstappen saved sixth when it looked like he would achieve less than a handful of points, overcoming Pitstop problems and solving problems throughout the race.

The Dutchman is still only eight points behind the leaders of the Land Norris Championship and five Oscar Piastra attackers.

However, his manager Raymond Vermeulen was seen shouting at the Mark in the garage, while the director of the team Christian Horner, the technical director of Pierre Wache, the head engineer Paul Monaghan and Marko also talked in Paddock.

“Very alarming. We know that we are not competitive and that there will be parts that come in the next races and we hope it will make an improvement,” Marko said.

“We have a lot of problems. The main problem is balance and adhesion, and from this I suppose there have been problems with brakes. Then the usual procedure like Pitstop does not work, so one (problem) comes after the other.”

He added: “We must, as soon as possible, performs in the car, and also standards like Pitstop have to work. The car is not the fastest, and then Pitstops don’t work. It’s not acceptable.”

Horner: bad weekend for a team

Verstappen’s top victory in Suzuki gave Red Bull Nada, but Bahrein suggested that the victory could be one -time before F1 arrives at European races in May.

The slow red bull pitstops in Bahrein, when the green light that says to the drivers to leave the box of the pits does not work, probably caused an electric failure.

Verstappen kicked out on traffic, but also had a little step on hard tires and, at one point, found himself in the last.

Yuki Tsunoda finished only three places behind Verstappen in ninth place and had similar issues of handling as a world leading champion.

“It was a bad weekend for the team. Nothing has started from us since the start of the race,” Horner said.

“We didn’t get off the line purely and Pitstops didn’t work well for us, and tires temperatures got very high. If you have a well -balanced car, the whole thing is simply easier to compose.

“But it’s a 24 race championship. In the driver’s championship we are behind eight points and we know we have to make progress very quickly.

“So it was important to achieve the most points that (Verstappen) could in a heavy car. This is important how it is summed up at the end of the year.”

Verstappen: Bad tire management will mean we’re weakened everywhere

Red Bull has already been 80 points behind McLaren in the Constructor Championship after four rounds, and Horner admitted that the focus would be on providing Verstappen the best opportunity in the driver’s championship.

Verstappen says he couldn’t end up more than six in Bahrein and that he didn’t expect the Red Bull at once the front of this weekend in Saudi Arabia, where he was dominant 12 months ago.

“We are currently bad in gum managing. Balance is not where I wanted it to be and on this track all stands out, that’s for sure,” he said Sky Sports F1.

“The tire degradation will be a little lower (in Jeddah), but if you are poor on tires, you are poor with management everywhere. Of course, this is probably a little less, but it will be weaker than our competitors, so you just have to consider it.

“At least maybe the look will help a little, but the tire management remains the same. If you are weak on it, you are weak everywhere.”

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