Ferrari had quite a hard time during the winter tests in February and Vitantonio Liuzzi did not miss that either. The Italian who played for both Red Bull and Toro Rosso is afraid that the Scuderia could not close the gap even during the lockdown. “I don’t think Ferrari will compete for the championship, as the tests in Barcelona have shown.
“Now we have to hope that something can be done in the lockdown, but personally I think that Red Bull and Mercedes remain the top favorites for this season,” said Liuzzi in an interview with RacingNews365.
Liuzzi, who already worked several times as a race steward at various Grands Prix last year, will also take on that role during the first race in Austria. The ever sympathetic Italian, who now also has some restaurants in his home country, is looking forward to the race on the Red Bull Ring. “It is of course great for everyone to be able to race again and hopefully we will immediately be presented with a nice race.”
The former teammate of Robert Doornbos in Formula 3000 also thinks that Max Verstappen will immediately show up: “Max has already proven how good he is in Austria in recent years. It is also a circuit where it is very important that aerodynamic package is in order. Let that be the power of Red Bull. “
“The circuit has a lot of fast corners and that helps the Red Bull car enormously, because the power unit on the Red Bull Ring is less important. The height difference in Austria also makes the power unit less important, which again seems to be in favor of Verstappen’s team, “concludes the former Red Bull driver.
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