F1: Ferrari upgrades working better than Red Bull's

Ferrari are reportedly making more performance gains with their updates than Red Bull, with Helmut Marko sounding the alarm with Technical Chief Adrian Newey and Christian Horner.

Max Verstappen is now 63 points clear of Charles Leclerc, with Red Bull 82 points up on Ferrari in the Constructors’ Championship, but the reality is that the Ferrari F1-75 is a faster car, but Ferrari and its drivers are making too many mistakes to capitalize.

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 leads Carlos Sainz of Spain driving (55) the Ferrari F1-75 on lap one during the F1 Grand Prix of Austria Sprint at Red Bull Ring on July 09, 2022 in Spielberg, Austria. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images for Red Bull)

Ferrari remain confident though due to the performance of the F1-75, which Auto Motor und Sport state is improving with each upgrade at a faster rate than the Red Bull RB18.

‘It looks like Ferrari is currently gaining more ground with its few but targeted upgrades than Red Bull, who are constantly tweaking the underbody,’ their report states.

‘Ferrari’s new floor may be a bigger step forward than it appeared on debut.’

Sainz’s Q2-topping time in France, a 1:31.081 which was nine-tenths faster than what Verstappen managed in that session.

So, Marko says that Red Bull must sit up and take notice.

“Sainz did a lap time once in qualifying that was out of this world,” Marko is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport. “We were almost a second off then.

“That must give us pause for thought if they are able to reproduce such times regularly.”

He expects the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix to be one of them, tipping Ferrari to be “all over” Red Bull.

“In Budapest, they’ll be all over us,” he predicted, as per Auto Motor und Sport.

Indeed, Auto Motor und Sport report Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto as having said: “Our goal is not only to win, but to achieve a one-two.”