It is still not clear what caused Red Bull’s double-DNF at the 2022 season opener. World champion Max Verstappen’s team is dead last on the constructors’ table after failures in what Red Bull suspects is a fuel system-related problem. “It wasn’t an engine failure, it was the same problem with the so-called lift pump on both cars. “I think we can solve the problem in Saudi Arabia this weekend.”. And if Red Bull can solve the fuel problem, Marko is not too worried that Ferrari could now run away with the world championship. 39-year-old Klien also thinks it’s no time for Mercedes to panic, even though the reigning constructors’ champions are battling fundamental problems with a radically different concept. “Mercedes has problems, but that isn’t due to the sidepods.

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