Leclerc and Ferrari make Helmut Marko’s birthday bitter

However, the Red Bull consultant is confident in the speed of his cars and drivers for Sunday’s race in Azerbaijan.

The first place was taken by Charles Locklear for him Azerbaijan Grand Prix spoiled birthday Marco Helmutwho saw Max Verstappen And Chico Perez He qualifies second and third for Sunday’s race.

the Formula 1 Live a different weekend with the new sprint race format taking place on Saturday and this led to the teams fighting over the classification on Friday.

advisor Red Bull Highlighting the Monaco pole position but considering the Austrian team’s drivers will end up on Sunday, he’s quite confident in the race pace the car can deliver and how well they’ll work at that pace both. the above how czech.

“For us, everything should have been fine. We didn’t manage to lower the temperature with different tire pressures. We lost a lot of time in the second sector compared to Leclerc, but it didn’t matter.” ORF.

The former Austrian driver was positive, noting that “in the front row we have to be more competitive in the race. We knew that (in Ferrari) was fast in one lap. Everything had to be perfect for us.”

“The track deteriorated relatively quickly, maybe we didn’t control the tire pressure well,” he said.

Marco Helmut The team celebrated his 80th birthday in the Baku Arena and in celebration of it the team displayed a picture of a cake next to him Max Verstappen, Chico Perez and team manager Christian Horner.

Chico Perez He did not finish satisfied with the third place he achieved in the rankings Azerbaijan Grand PrixWhere his teammate outperformed him Max Verstappen And the pilot FerrariAnd Charles Locklear.

pilot Red Bull He was unable to finish on the front row and would have to hunt for a win in the third heat after posting a 1:40.495.

Charles Locklearl Ferrarihe beat both drivers of the Austrian team by stopping the clock at 1:40.391 thus becoming a problem for czech And the abovewho will be looking for a third 1-2 of the 2023 season, which they have dominated.

“I’m a little disappointed, because we couldn’t get everything we needed to be at the top. I’m not surprised he did.” Leclerc. We knew they were going to be very strong. is always and Charles He did a massive lap,” the Mexican accepted after the session.