Guenther Steiner has questio𒉰ned the significance of an upg🎶rade which Red Bull could bring to Austin.

Formula 1 returns for the fina🐼l part of the season next weekend for the United States Grand Prix in Texas.

Red Bull and Max Verstappen are desඣperately scrapping for the constructors’ and drivers’ titles against in-form McLaren and Land🎉o Norris.

Ex-Haas boss and Red Bull technical operations director Steiner had his say on whether the four-week break has allowed the constructors’ champions ♔to rebuild.

“Everything 🥂is planned beforehand. I don’t think you have any advantage,” Steiner told the Red Flags podcast.

“What is coming for Austin is already prepared.

“A week or three weeks? I don’t think the preparati🍸on level is any different.

“The big question is: howꦜ big is this upgrade, this apparent ‘magic floor’ which is c💦oming to Austin, going to help them catch up to McLaren?

🔯“Tha꧂t’s the big question. The rest is straightforward.

“I don’t think catching McLaren thisཧ year will be possible. What they showed in Singapore was amazing.

“The Ferrari can play a bigg🐓er role than they played in Singapore in the world championship.

“In theory, they should be in front of Max. They di💞dn’t quali༺fy, then there was no red flag or Safety Car to help them. They had to fight which wasn’t easy.

“McLaren is in ♌a good way but Max will fight until the end to hang onto the world champion☂ship.”

Steiner insisted that Red Bull’s best𓃲 hope is to establish themselves as quicker than Mercedes and Ferrari.

“Yes. Theওn, they can take advantag♈e if the McLaren makes a mistake or something goes wrong,” he said.

“They have to rely on McLaren getting it wrong, more than them ge💜tting it 💙right.”

McLaren lead Red Bull in the constructors’ by 41 points and are heavily favoured to w♍in that chaꦜmpionship now.

Intriguingly Verstappen still has a 52▨💖-point lead over Norris in the drivers’.