Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull did not travel to Singapore this weekend with boxes of ‘world champion’ t-shirts for Max Verstappen in the luggage. “Max would have to win and Leclerc would have to be far behind. Marko also told the Austrian broadcaster ORF: “But in general, we can assume now that Max will be world champion. Max also said that he wouldn’t have wanted a repeat of the last six to eight races against Lewis Hamilton in 2021.”. “After three races we were 46 points behind,” Marko said. Marko explained: “The improvements were primarily concerned with the front end of the car.

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