Christian Horner plays down Mercedes improvement: “They were still 23 seconds behind…”
Merꦗcedes scored their best result of the year in Barcelona with a 2-3 finish.
Lewis Hamilton finished a comfortable second, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell fended off a recovering168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez to claim his first podium of F1 2023.
It seems th⭕at Mercedes' new upgrade, which was introduced in Monaco, has made a significant impact on their form.
Horner was♍ asked about the Mercedes resurgence after the race on S🌞unday.
He replied: “They were still 23 seconds behind at the end of the race. They’ve made a good step but I think we’ve got some stuff in the pipeline.ꦰ
🎐“They’ve had a big upgrade. We’ve had some bits coming later into the season but look, for sure, a big step.
“They’re a ꦕquality team and they’re going to be putting us under pressure in the second part of the year.”
It wasꦆ Mercedes’ turn in Barcelona to be Red Bull’s nearest challenger as Ferrari and Aston Martin struggled.
Horner admi🌱tted that it’s difficult to predict who will be the second-f🌃astest team in F1 given how it is changing on a race-by-race basis.
“Well the form is moving💙 around,” Horner added. “If you look at Lando’s lap yesterday, the Mercedes look strong in the race today. The Ferraris didn’t have the pace we thought they might have.
“The form behind us does seem to be moving around a lot at the moment. It’s difficult to predict who’s going𒀰 to be at which event.”
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