Red Bull chief shares positive message for Max Verstappen amid McLaren performance surge
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Red Bull chief Pierre Waché has delivered a positive message for Max Verstapen and Sergio Pérez amid the recent performance surge from McLaren. Waché also says that Red Bull does not need to "press the panic button" when performance is not what it used to be.
The Red Bull squad started the season off very strong. In the first five races Verstappen won four times and Pérez also delivered some solid results.
However, from the Miami Grand Prix onwards it has been McLaren that seems to be the fastest team, in Qualifying and in the Grand Prix. Several Formula 1 pundits have even said that McLaren is the team to beat this season, not Red Bull.
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Waché delivers positive message for Verstappen
Asked about the recent performance surge at McLaren, Waché says that there is no need to panic. That is because Red Bull has some upgrades in the pipeline, one of which will debut at the next race in Hungary, the Hungarian Grand Prix.
"You can think up and develop all kinds of things, which sometimes takes months, but once on the track we only see whether such a component actually brings us what we think", Waché says talking to De Telegraaf.
"Whether the driver feels that and he can use that material. It is very important that we see that it gives us lap time, because it then also affects the plans for the future. It's very simple: in previous weeks we have not always been dominant. But there's no point in pressing the panic button right then", the Red Bull chief added.
"I look at it in two ways. Operationally, in the short term, asking how we can make the car perform in the best possible way. And then in the factory looking at the longer term. You can speed things up, but panicking is not the right attitude. We are working together with 300 engineers. If you then change your mind every five minutes, that's the wrong way", Waché concluded.
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