Max Verstappen doesn’t think Red Bull’s pace in second practice at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix was truly representative after a number of un🌟successful setup changes.

Verstappen ended FP2 in Monte Carlo 10th-fastest, 0.713s off Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

Red Bull have struggled on street circuits in recent years, with Verstapp꧙en finishing sixth in last ye👍ar’s Monaco Grand Prix.

However, their FP1 pace looked more promising as Verstappen ended up second-fastest behin♐d Lecl🥃erc.

Speaking ꦉafter the session, Verstappen revealed that Red Bull made several setu🧸p tweaks, which didn’t have a positive effect.

“It was quite positive but then we made some changes for FP2 t꧂o see how far basically we could push the balance and I think we just overdid it a little bit,” Verstappen said.

“So I just couldn’t really attack the corners anymore how I would like and then you’re just like shedding a lot of pa𓆉ce and the lap time was basically not coming out of it.

“I don’t expect us to be the quickest, but we want to be a lot closer than𝓡 what we were in FP2. I’𝔍m also quite confident that we can be a lot closer.”

“Ferrari again looks very, very fast. The McLarens were quite close behin🔜d but if you see over the whole season the pace, I think Ferrari again took a big step forward here.”

Verstappen rues Monaco traffic

It was a bu💝sy session for the drivers in terms of traffic.

In FP1, Leclerc ran into the back of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll at th𝄹e hairpin, resulting in damage for both cars.

Stroll picked up a one-place grid penalty asꦺ a resul𝕴t.

Verstappe🦩n had a♔ number of near misses throughout the day, nearly clattering into Gabriel Bortoleto.

The four-time 🐟world champion admitted there “could have been quite a big crash”.

“Monaco is always quite tricky with traffic, but I think two times today it was quite dangerous, I woul𝓡d say, in FP1 and then one time in FP2,” Verstappen added. “Which is not ideal.

“I know it’s practice, but it couldꦿ have been quite a big crash if you don’t back out of it quickly, if you didn’t rea𒐪d the situation, but luckily everything went well.”