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#FormulaOne drivers will have to pay an entry fee to take part in the 2023 championship. The regulation states that there is a standard fee of $11,043 per driver, alongside an additional fee of $2,230 for each point scored by the drivers in the 2022 #F1 championship.
Helmut Marko - "2022 has been the first year under this new set of regulations. Other teams have obviously seen what we have done with this year’s car. So I think it will definitely be much closer next season."
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Helmut Marko believes #redbullracing should fear Mercedes more than Ferrari in 2023
Helmut Marko - "I would say that we should fear Mercedes more, mainly because they have an advantage over Ferrari in terms of strategy and reliability" #F1#Formula1
Helmut Marko - "Our situation is certainly not like that of Mercedes at the beginning of the hybrid era. We don’t have an immense lead with the engine right now. So that is very different. Mercedes had atleast 50bhp margin over all the others back then."
From Austin on we had a car which, but couldn't beat Red Bull, was in a position to certify that we had developed in the right direction. We did very well in Budapest. The car and the power unit were working in the optimum window mainly in the range of low speed cornering.
Mike Elliott, Mercedes technical director explained the design error they made with the W13 where they pushed too far with a design concept that affected the whole season.
In the following races in Barcelona, new problems emerged with car, deriving from lapping closer to the ground. It took a while to sort everything out, not because we didn't understand, but precisely because we needed time to change the car and find a way to express performance.
We are very confident that, once the expression of interest has been published, above all thanks to our great partnership with Cadillac, we will have a very good chance of meeting every requirement and of being on the starting grid soon.
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