Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has compared his team’s rivalry with Ferrari to the bitter one with Mercedes, indicating that there is a larger degree of respect between themselves and the Scuderia. Red Bull went toe-to-toe with Ferrari in 2010 and 2012 as Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso claimed 17 race wins between them across those two seasons as the German came out on top, and while their rivalry was highly competitive, extremely rare were moments of controversy. Contentious moments might include Ferrari’s team orders at the German Grand Prix over 11 years ago, but internal rivalries within a team is not so unexpected, and there always appeared to be a mutual appreciation...
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