'Max Fighting Almost On His Own': Red Bull Underdogs In Championship Fight Says Steiner

Monday, 05 August 2024 at 16:05

Red Bull Racing has struggled a lot in recent months, and because of that, they could lose the 2024 World Constructors' Championship fight, according to Guenther Steiner.

Steiner famously served as the team principal for the Haas F1 Team, but since his departure from the American team, he has often offered his insights about the happenings in the sport.

He did that also during his recent appearance on the RacingNews365 Podcast, when he discussed recent struggles of the Red Bull Racing. Steiner tied those mostly to Sergio Perez, who has been struggling for quite some time.

According to some, Perez can still be victorious this year, but Steiner opined that at the moment, it's Max Verstappen who mostly takes care of the team's success, as only 'one-and-a-half cars' score points.

"As we've seen with Red Bull, at the moment they've got one-and-a-half cars trying to get points, not two full-time cars because otherwise they should be further ahead than they are."

"They've got good old Max fighting almost on his own. They are not as strong any more as they were at the beginning of the season, so I think McLaren has a good shot at it."

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The 59-year-old Italian was also asked about his favorite for the 2024 World Constructors' Championship, and because of what he has seen in recent weeks, McLaren seem like the most likely favorites.

"I would put it on McLaren. They made a few mistakes in the last race [in Belgium}, small mistakes, nothing big, which made them lose a few points. But I think they are the most consistent, and they also have a car which has adapted itself to all the different track layouts."

"At the moment, you've some cars which are better on some track layouts, like Mercedes is very good on the fast stuff; Ferrari was very good, for example, in Monte Carlo on the slow stuff, although I expected a bit more from Ferrari in Budapest and it didn't come. So I think overall it is McLaren."