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Marko: "Our car should work even better on other circuits"

After the end of qualifying in Bahrain it was quiet in the Mercedes garage. Only the fist on the table of Toto Wolff could be heard in the distance. The lead of Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing was unprecedented with four tenths in this hybrid era. Mercedes says Red Bull Racing are helped by their 'high rake' concept, which means they are less affected by the new regulations. Helmut Marko doesn't really believe that. "Now all of a sudden the 'high rake' is the key to our success," Marko says more than a little cynically to Motorsport-Magazin.com. Especially last season, there was a lot of criticism of this design philosophy of Adrian Newey. Red Bull Racing suffered from an...
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