What Red Bull has done in Formula 1 will probably never be replicated. Well, the job’s half done as we head into the summer break, but the Milton-Keynes-based outfit, with Max Verstappen at the helm of the RB19, is on the trajectory of a clean sweep in the 2023 season. The Dutch lion has won 10 out of the 12 races this season, and 8 of them consecutively! While this unholy streak of dominance is alarming for the rest of the grid, including Lewis Hamilton and Co., is Red Bull, too, caught by surprise at their supremacy?

It wouldn’t be modern-day F1 without a bit of back-and-forth between the Bulls and Mercedes, right? That’s exactly why, even though the team themselves are on the verge of writing history in this sport, they don’t want to miss even a single opportunity to stick it to the Silver Arrows.

Helmut Marko mocks Mercedes’ struggles

If you think about it, Red Bull was never even discussed as a real possibility to dethrone Mercedes during their rampant days in the turbo-hybrid era of the sport. Yet, they did it, and are threatening to blast Mercedes’ glory days into oblivion. And it’s in this backdrop of well-deserved smugness that team advisor Helmut Marko has expressed his utter shock.

He was quoted by F1Maximaal.nl as saying, “We were very surprised that the others had not done a good job. Mercedes and Ferrari have not taken a step forward this year. That is why we are already so far ahead. Behind us it keeps changing who the second team is: one time it’s Ferrari, then McLaren, Mercedes or Aston Martin.” [translated via Google Translate]

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But while Marko pounces on any opportunity available to mock the Silver Arrows, their star man, Lewis Hamilton, has already embarked on a mission.

Lewis Hamilton makes bold Red Bull claim

Hamilton is undoubtedly chasing that elusive 8th-world title. However, given how Verstappen usurped the Brit’s crown, he does want to be the one to dethrone the Dutch lion and claim the top spot in F1 for himself. And he knows, even though the road is tough, he will eventually get there.

Earlier in the year, Hamilton was quoted as saying, “I still have 100 per cent belief in this team, it is my family, and I’ve been here a long time, so I don’t plan on going anywhere else. But we all need a kick, we all need to get on.”

“I will win again. It’s just going to take some time.”

Can Lewis Hamilton put the Bulls in their place soon?

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