Red Bull sees the Mercedes at the forefront in France

And what if Mercedes continues its momentum? After a significant improvement in the last few Grand Prix races, the German team is getting closer and closer to the leading pack and is being represented on the podiums.

If the team with eight constructors’ world championship titles was lagging behind at the beginning of the year, the engineers seem to have corrected the situation, just like Lewis Hamilton. The British driver has been consistently on the podium and was a serious contender for victory on his home turf.

The strong progress of the German brand did not escape the attention of Red Bull’s director, Christian Horner.

Unyielding reliability

« We expect them to be fast at Paul Ricard. They show flashes of speed that suggest they will be up to the task. The last two races have been relatively good for them, and there is no sign of sluggishness, so they seem to be slowly getting back into the fight.

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I think they will be at the forefront. They keep scoring points consistently. I don’t know how far they are currently from the constructors or the drivers, but sometimes having more cars ahead is a good thing. Sometimes, it’s a bad thing. But for the fans, it’s great to have six cars competing for the victory.

With Mercedes’ previously impeccable reliability, the team is currently in third place in the constructors’ championship with 237 points, 66 units behind Ferrari and 122 units behind the Austrian team.