Helmut Marko has c𒊎ommented on the ongoing struggles at🌄 rivals Mercedes.

The Red Bull advisor has described his own surprise to see the once-dominant Mer🐈c🌳edes fail to deliver a winning car for the third season in a row.

The W15 currently languishes behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mc🐠Laren.

Marko was asked by : “As an outsider you get the feeling that Merced💮es are still getting worse. Shouldn't all alarm bells be ringing?”

He replied: “They probably do anyway.

“What irritates me so much is that the car is really fast at times, and at times it 🙈ru൲ns at absolute peak times.

“Then I think: ‘Look, now they get it!’

“But that's always just a flash in the pan.”

Mercedes’ highs and lows were summed up last weekend i𒅌n China.

Lewis Hamilton eme🦋rged from Friday’s qualifying for the sprint race insisting that the🍨 W15 “came alive” after his brilliant session in wet conditions.

Hamilton then claimed an encourag🌌ing P2 in tജhe sprint race behind Max Verstappen.

But he made an error in qualifying for the grand prix, and explained “massive changes” in set-up from his earli♛er sessions.

Hamilton battled from 18th on the♑ starting grid to P9 in a Chinese Grand Prix to forget.

“It doesn’t happen overnight that y🌱ou slump like this,” Marko said.

“What is alarming is♑ that they have not been competitive for the third s꧒eason now.”

The tipping point was the 2021 Abu D💙🤡habi Grand Prix, when Hamilton lost out on a record eighth title and Verstappen won his first for Red Bull.

Red Bull and Verstappen ⛄have dominated since, and the champion is on course for a fourth title in a row this year.

Hami🐠lton, meanwhile, is battling through his final year at🔯 Mercedes before going to Ferrari.