Alain Prost: 'Red Bull is at the beginning of crisis'
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Red Bull Racing is having a great time this year. The Austrian team captured all pole positions and all victories so far this season. Four-time World Champion Alain Prost finds Red Bull's performance impressive, but also sees a problem for the team and argued that the team is at the beginning of a crisis.
Red Bull have built a dominant car this year. All races have been won by the Austrian team, only in qualifying things have not gone smoothly. In Saudi Arabia, Max Verstappen had a reliability problem and in Australia, Sergio Perez made a mistake in qualifying and therefore ended up starting the race from the pit lane.
Prost on 'system' Red Bull
According to the French World Champion, Red Bull has driven for years with a so-called one-driver system. By this, he refers to the fact that the team would revolve solely around Verstappen. According to the Frenchman, that worked very well until this year, but there are now the first signs that it no longer works.
"Nevertheless, it (Red Bull) is also facing the beginning of a crisis. The single-driver system, Max Verstappen, which worked so well, is showing the first signs of failure. Sergio Perez, now installed in the team, discovered he could win and no longer seems intent on always compromising," said the World Champion in his column at L'Equipe.