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Marko: PU turned down cost Max up to three tenths

Helmut Marko revealed how Red Bull were forced to turn down Max Verstappen's Honda power unit during the 2021 Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. In the wake of a thriller in the desert, a race Red Bull should have won, the Red Bull consultant shed light on why pole-winner Verstappen's three-tenths advantage in qualifying on Saturday did not translate into a similar performance on Sunday. Marko to Formel1.de: 'The problems we had were mainly software related. Nothing with hardware, so things that we can correct with adjustments.' Party modes have been outlawed since last year, but teams can ‘detune' their PU packages during a race, should it be required during a race to...
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