Mar.18 Red Bull-Honda is setting its sights on championship leaders Mercedes, not the struggling Ferrari team. That is the claim of Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who said Melbourne showed that the team is competitive with its new Honda engines. "It's encouraging for the future that we did not get a single warning on the engine side throughout the race. Everything from fuel consumption to power, battery and so on was always in the green," he told Speed Week. Team boss Christian Horner told Auto Bild: "(Honda's) Mr Yamamoto even shed a few tears under the podium." Indeed, Red Bull looked even better than Ferrari in Melbourne, even though the Maranello team was clearly the...
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