Max Verstappen delivers worrying Red Bull admission: ‘Nothing gives a clear direction’
“Nothing really seems to give y🔴ou a 🅘clear direction so that also shows we’re struggling with other things.”
Max Verstappen has conceded Red Bull were unable to find a “clear direction” after ‘throwing the car around’ setup-wise for qualifying at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Verstappen is set to start Sunday’s race from seventh on the grid - his loweꦡst grid start since Brazil last year.
Red Bull struggled with pace and car balance a𒁏ll weekend, with Verstappen going off the track on multiple occasions in qualifying.
However, qualifying wasn’t a complete disaster f🔜or Verstappen in terms of the F1 title race.
Main title rival168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris is set t𝕴o start the race from sixth after a disappointin♊g showing from the McLaren driver.
Reflecting on qualifying, Verstappen told Sky Sports: “All weekend it’s been dif🌟ficult. Just struggling on brake fe💟el and stopping power basically. We had very difficult grip.
“I feel that may♑be the tyre grip that we are getting out of the car is quite low and that’s why setup wise we’ve thrown th🌸e car around a lot.
“Nothing really seems to give you a clear direction so that also shows we’re strug꧃gling with other things.”
Verstappen: “It’s been a difficult weekend for us”
Red Bull’s 🦋struggles started in the middle of𒀰 last year.
After winning seven of t🐟he opening 10 races, Verstappen won just two of the remaining 14 races.
While Verstappen hung on and won the title, McLaren and Ferrari were clearly ahead of꧙ them in terms of performance.
Fast-forward to 2025, and it’s a similar story.
McLaren are the team to beat, and Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell is often in the mix.
Verstappen delivered a masterclass at Suzuka last time out to return to winning ways, cutting Norris’ lead to j🐠ust one point.
Looking ahead to Sunday, Verstappen said: “I don’t know. Just try to do my best. It’s been a difficult weekend for us. Tomorrow, I will try to get aဣs many points as I can, which I do that every single weekend so it’s not like 𒁃it’s any different tomorrow.
“I have no idea where we will be in t🦂erms of race pace. We’re a bit in the middle of the pack so hopefully a bit of excitement.”
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