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Red Bull’s Helmut Marko says the team still have a few tenths to gain as the RB18 remains around five kilos overweight.

For the majority of teams when their 2022 challengers took to the track for the first time, they were above the weight limit following the regulatory overhaul.

That includes Red Bull, and although a slimming-down process through the opening rounds has paid off, the Austrian outfit going from trailing Ferrari in the Constructors’ Championship to now holding a 36-point lead, the process is not yet complete.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads the way in the Drivers’ Championship, looking to secure back-to-back titles.

According to Marko, Ferrari’s F1-75 is now as light as it can go. The RB18, meanwhile, he says has not yet completed its diet, the same true for Mercedes, who are striving to work their W13 into the conversation at the front alongside Red Bull and Ferrari.

“It’s a process that takes time,” Marko told Motorsport.com.

“Let’s say today the positive aspect is we will gain a few tenths when we reach the target. Are we five kilos short? Let’s say it’s not such a wrong assumption.

“I think Ferrari are at the [weight] limit, while Mercedes should be in line [with our situation].”

P3 remains Mercedes’ best result of the season so far, the Spanish Grand Prix without doubt proving their strongest showing as George Russell led the race for a time.

But aside from that, Mercedes