“We still have some updates for the next two races, but a performance like this forces us to write off the championship,” said Helmut Marko after the Austrian Grand Prix.
“A performance like this” referred to McLaren’s dominance, but Marko’s words could easily apply to Red Bull itself. The team’s showing at its home track in Spielberg was not what it had hoped for. Or, as Christian Horner said at the start of his post-race media session: “Well, that was a home race to forget…”
