Thursday, May 20, 2010

Alonso and Hamilton are the only serious competitors - Red Bull

The Red Bull racing advisor Helmut Marko has told that Alonso and Hamilton are the only two drivers the team considers as serious enemies for this seasonchampionship.


"There are two people that we fear for this world title," Marko told the APA news agency. "They are Fernando Alonso, because he is at his absolute peak, and Lewis Hamilton. What the others are doing bothers us not so much."


The RB6 car has been the class of the field in 2010, taking three wins and six pole positions. As a result Marko thinks the team and its drivers, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, are exactly the championship favourites.


"With the package that we have, we clearly have to be going for the championship - and in the coming years," he added. "We have the people we need and the necessary tools to adapt to changes. We have had a winning car also in 2008 and 2009, so you can't say that it's a fluke when you're building a top car in three consecutive years."