Red Bull, like everyone else, has now discovered its cards and for now has dropped two aces. The Austrian team starts as a great favorite in Bahrain, where last year it experienced one of the most difficult starts in its history, with a double retirement. Sergio Perez in qualifying took second place and will join Max Verstappen in a front row Red Bull. The Mexican, in his third year alongside Max, says he is calm, even if he is not 100% satisfied with the balance of his cardespite having the best-performing machine of the group. If qualifying could have left some doubts about Poleman, the sensations for the race and expectations at Red Bull are really high. Who knows, if we will also have the opportunity to enjoy a nice internal rivalry between Max and Checo.
Even in Red Bull you make compromises
The first qualification of the season has been rather tight, especially in the early stages, and a little less in Q3, since Ferrari, with Leclerc and Alonso waved the white flag in just the most exciting attempt. No one was able to attack Max Verstappen's time. Not even the Mexican – always one step behind the world champion – who complained about the balance of the single-seater. "It was a hard-fought qualifying- Perez said – even between the Q1 and Q2. the competition is played on the smallest margins, you can leave nothing on the track if you want to have the best possible grid position. In the end I wasn't entirely comfortable with the balance, surely we can improve by a tenth but having this departure for the team is really special.”
“We have prepared much more for the race, we have a better performing car. We had to accept some compromises for qualifying, but we hope to have better pace in the race tomorrow." A compromise, not that hard to accept given the first and second placement obtained in qualifying.
