Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko has admitted he “expected more” from Ferrari during the opening day of 2025 F1 pre-season testi🌌ng at the Bahrain International Circuit.

McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris set the pace on day one of the test, just ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

While lap times aren’t representative of the actual pecking order, the feeling in 🍒the paddock so far is that McLaren have started test𝔉ing well.

Teams will also have more data available to judge performance, particularly as they c🐲an see which engine modes are being used or have a rough idea of fuel levels.

Giving his perspective on R✱ed Bull’s riv♓als ahead of the new season, Marko was impressed by the speed and consistency of the McLaren.

He a༒lso noted Mercedes’ strong start 🦄but described Ferrari’s performance as “a little disappointing”.

“I think in the beginning in the morning, the w🦩ind was more tricky, especially yesterday,” Marko .

“The wind was really tricky. But that’s testing. However, it is 🌄much colder, so maybe that is 𓆉why Mercedes is so fast.”

“McLaren was very consistent and also very fast. As was Mercedes. Ferrari was a little disappointing because we expected more from them. However, there are still two more days, soꦬ we will see.”

Red Bull have “fixed” issues from last year

Marko delivered a positive message about Red Bull’s star🃏t to the s𒁃eason.

After the latter half of🐷 2024 was plagued by handling issues, this year’s RB21 seems to be an improvement on its predecessor.

Marko was encouraged by Verstappen’s long run at the end of the day - and refused to rꩲꦛule out bringing new parts to the first race in Australia.

“The long runs were very competitive. Those were the fastest. The car is more pr♏edictabl🉐e and reacts in a normal way,” Marko added.

“All th🍸e problems we had last year, I think they are much better now or at lea🌱st fixed.”

When asked about 💫potential upgrades, Marko added: “Maybe”.