In the round-up: Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko believes Aston Martin could be becoming an increasingly attractive prospect for Max Verstappen.
In brief
Aston Martin has ‘everything’ to woo Verstappen
Despite Verstappen being under contract at Red Bull until at least 2028, Marko believes rivals Aston Martin could become a tempting prospect for the multiple world champion now they have signed Adrian Newey.
“Max races where he can win,” Marko told Kleine Zeitung.
“Aston Martin has the most modern factory, their wind tunnel will go into operation next year, and Honda engines will be added as well. Everything is really in place. And if you look at history, it’s clear: everywhere Newey has gone, there’s been an upward trend. I don’t see why it should be any different at Aston Martin.
“He knows he can win titles with us as well, if we can still get this championship over the line. That is an absolute must.”
Sainz warned for Perez incident
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jnr has received a formal warning from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix stewards after they deemed him to have impeded Sergio Perez at the fast kink of turn 13 in second practice.
After investigating the incident, the stewards determined Sainz had been “distracted by a variety of alarms on the car” and had “misjudged the closing speed” of the Red Bull.
As Perez stated in the hearing that he felt the incident “did not end up being particularly dangerous”, the stewards chose to give Sainz a warning.
BMW quickest in WEC Fuji practice
BMW’s number 15 team of Dries Vanthoor, Raffaele Marciello and Marco Wittmann set the pace at the end of Friday’s practice sessions for this weekend’s Six Hours of Fuji. Vanthoor’s best time of 1’29.577 was only six-thousandths of a second quicker than the number five Penske Porsche, while the number two Cadillac were third-fastest, just 0.015s behind.
AF Corse’s number 83 Ferrari were fourth after winning the last event at Circuit of the Americas, while the fastest Toyota was the number seven car in ninth place. Qualifying for the penultimate round of the WEC season takes place early this morning.
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