Red Bull has identified the key weakness of the RB21 and is planning to introduce upgrades 🎶in the coming Formula 1 races to cure the problem, according to the team’s advisor Helmut Marko.

The Milton Keynes-based squad was a distant second to McLaren at last weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, with reigning four-time champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen unable to take the fight to race winner168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris or the other McLaren of Oscar Piastri.

Piastri’s late spin on s𒈔lick tyres in the rain allowed Verstappen to snatch second position, just🧜 0.9s behind Norris, but the real gap between the two squads was far bigger.

Marko revealed that tyre degradation is the ma🐓in area where Red Bull is losing out to McLaren, but he is confident that his squad can eliminate the deficit entirely in the next five r🍰aces.

"We knew from t🔯he test in Bahrain that the McLarens were quite a bit faster than us," Marko told Swedish broadcaster Viaplay.

"We reduced this advantage from half a ꦆsecond to two or three tenths. We can follow them for six to eight laps, but then our tyre degradation comes earlier.

"That's the main problem with some other problems as well. But we know them, and they [the team] are working hard♏.

“In three to five races hopefulꦡly we can cure it, so that we have a car on the same level as the McLaren."

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Australian GPꦐ took place in mixed-weatꦓher conditions, with the entire field starting on intermediate tyres before switching to slicks at the first round of pitstops.

A second bout of rain late in the race caused havoc and forced all teamsꦛ to put on a fresh set of inters.

As such, the race offered ℱteams a chance to assess the degradation on both dry and wet-weather compounds, albeit on a street circuit that is vastly different to the majority of the tracks on the calendar.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner also felt that McLaren’s MCL39 wﷺas able to keep Pirelli tyres alive for longer than most cars, giving Norris and Piastri a major advantage🔜 at the end of their stints.

“I think it’s differ🔯ent to everybody, yes, and what’s quite strange is that they enjoy great warm-up, but also very 💯low degradation,” he said in Melbourne.

“Usually one comes at t🃏he expense of the other. So, they certainly seem to have mastered that at this 𒊎circuit.

“Whe✨n you’ve got a car that’s very well balaܫnced, the whole world looks different.

He added: “It’s always an interaction between aero and mec⛎hanica⛦l.

“You can see the McLaren, they’ve got it in a very sweet spot, particularly for this circuit. Then with that comes very good degradation. The car is very kind on its tyres.”