Marko: Bernie and Max would have slowed Mercedes down!

Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko says that Mercedes' hegemonic dominance in F1 would have been reined in if Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Max Mosley were still in charge.

After conquering last year its sixth consecutive Constructors' title, Mercedes has hit the ground running this season, winning the opening three races of the 2020 campaign.

The German outfit's display of superiority with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas is likely set to continue this week at Silverstone, especially as its habitual front-running rivals Red Bull and Ferrari are struggling to get their act together.

• Horner admits Red Bull RB16 'still misbehaving'

Marko believes the Black Arrows' supremacy would not have gone unchecked in the past by those in charge of the sport.

"Why is Mercedes so openly demonstrating its superiority?" Marko queried in an interview with Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.

"In our good years we didn't try to drive every race so blatantly far. [Max] Mosley and Bernie [Ecclestone] would have slowed us down immediately, which has happened often enough anyway."

Last week, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner alluded to an aerodynamic flaw that was likely weighing on the performance of the Milton Keynes-based outfit's 2020 car.

Both Max Verstappen and Alex Albon have complained of their mount's unpredictable behaviour which fluctuates between understeer and oversteer depending on the car's position in a corner.

Marko says that ongoing analysis has revealed that part of the problem has been traced to flexing occurring in the underbody region of the RB16.

"After all the examinations, we can say that the dog is in the aerodynamics," Marko said.

"There is something wrong with the flow. Flexing of parts is certainly a point, but the air flow also breaks off for other reasons."

Marko says that Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey has identified the cause, but a remedy will happen in stages.

"We now know what works and what doesn't," Marko added. "We will ontinue to develop from this basis.

"We'll try to correct the errors as quickly as possible. That is why not all new parts will come to the car in one go, but one by one so that we can see if there is a mistake anywhere that has crept in."

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