Dr Helmut Marko has rubbished as “nonsense” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff’s claim that Red Bull will win every single grand prix in 2023. Ferrari has its own brand of problems relative to Red Bull’s dominance, but at Mercedes the team is set to make sweeping changes to the basic concept of its unique ‘no sidepods’ car. As for how Mercedes got itself into its situation, Marko played down any comparison between the German team’s struggles and Red Bull’s own issues prior to the current dominant period. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, meanwhile, is backing Mercedes and Ferrari to hit back at Red Bull soon. “Red Bull’s pace obviously worries the others,” he told Sportmediaset.

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