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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 26, 2022 7:22:00 GMT -8
Mark Hughes and Giorgio Piola look at the upgrades brought by Red Bull and Mercedes to their respective cars for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend, as the development battle heated up at Imola...Imola saw the first real tranche of significant upgrades for many teams, despite it offering just one practice session in which to test them, before the Sprint took place. In terms of the big Red Bull vs Ferrari theme of the weekend, it was a significant part of the story – for Ferrari decided to forego their updates but Red Bull pressed on with theirs.
Christian Horner believed that the updates were a crucial part of his team’s resounding one-two result, saying: “We took a bit of a risk coming into the weekend with a couple of small parts we introduced to the car, which is always tricky when you've only got one session…
“But both Max and Checo have driven brilliantly this weekend and that one-two finish, all credit to the team for brilliant pit stops and strategy today, but also back in the factory in Milton Keynes – the hard effort and work and picking ourselves up after the disappointment of Australia, to come back with a result like that.”
Max Verstappen wasn’t sure if it was the updates or the general team performance in understanding and operating the car: “Sometimes that can be worth more than updates. We’ll see in the next few races."
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