Mateschitz denies the problems due to the outgoing staff
The team of world champions started this year's first tests in Jerez, to put it mildly, catastrophically. Already on the first day, Vettel had a lot of problems, mainly with Renault generators, control system and installation in RB10. Because of all this, they had to stop testing early at Red Bull, where they drove only 21 laps. Red Bull chief of aerodynamics Peter Prodromou moved to McLarn last year, and Mark Ellis and Gilles Wood also left. This could of course be a reason for poorer form this season, but the owner of the Mateschitz team is not worried: “Staff departures do not affect the current form, as we only have problems with engines and not with our team, which is still very motivated and working. at the highest possible level. ”69-year-old, who has been closely following the winter tes since 1995