Much has been written about Lewis Hamilton’s engine failure that cost him certain victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix, with Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko now throwing a spanner in the works by claiming pressure from his team resulted in the Mercedes engine going up in smoke.
Marko told the official F1 website, “We clearly had the upper hand! My guess is that we very likely forced [Mercedes] into that engine failure!”
“We permanently put pressure on him, challenging his lead, as he knew he had to create a gap – and to go permanently full throttle was probably not the best thing for his engine.”
“But even without him retiring we had some things up our sleeves – I will not say what – just that with both cars on different strategies we would have challenged him anyway towards the end of the race.”
Daniel Ricciardo won the race at Sepang, leading home his teammate and thus scoring the team’s first 1-2 since 2013.
Marko said of the team’s second victory of the season, “It means nothing more and nothing less than that we did the best job. And that we will go our way! Yes it is a strong motivation boost – but that’s it.”
“We have to continue to work hard – because that is the only way to win. A win is always contagious, so we will come back for more this season,” added Marko.
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