Max Verstappen left seeking answers with Red Bull “too slow” in Friday practice
Max Verstappen admits Red Bull were "a bit to🐻o slow" during Friday practice꧃ at Zandvoort.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen is searching for answers after conceding Red Bull were simply “a bit too slow” during Friday practice at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix.
World championship leader Verstappen finished second to McLaren’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris in mixed conditions during opening practice at Zandvoort, before placing only fifth-fastest in a dry FP2, 0.284 seconds off the pace set by Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.
After the second session, Verstappen admitted: “Of course FP1 we didn’t really get a lot of runni♏ng in but I guess in FP2 you could see a little bit more where you are.
“[We’re] a bit too slow on the short run, a bit too slow on the long r🀅un! So a bit of work to d♉o.
“At the moment no clear answer of how to improve that specifically, but we’ll look into things. Just a bit too slow, as simple as th🃏at.”
Verstappen is unbeaten at Zandvoort since its return to the F1 calendar in 2021 and is see🅺king what would be a fourth consecutive victory ꦆat home.
But the three-time world champion goes into the race without a win in four races, ha꧅ving last stood on the top step of the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix in June.
“It’s where we have been the last few races, so it’s not re✅ally a surprise,” he added.
“We’ll try to just find a little bit more performance for Sunda♌y.”
Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez was six tenths slower 🦩than Verstappen in second practice as he ended up 12th in🌄 the order.
“We’ve been testing quite a bit of stuff outꦗ theꦆre,” he explained.
“I think our day looks a little bit better than it sh💟ows in terms of order. I did a mistake into Turn 12, I went off, so I lost a couple of tenths.
“꧑I think overall we’ve got some work to do, especially in the long-run pace, to try and match the people ahead. I think we’ve run both cars very differently, s🅠o I think we’ve got a busy day ahead.”
Perez has had to adjust to working with a new 💝race engineer. That is because his normal engineer, Hugh Bird, is missing the next four races to go on paternity leave.
“It’s obviously a little ♏bit new for꧑ all of us to have Woody [Richard Wood] as Race Engineer,” he said.
“It’s something that 𓄧stands out on my side, but I think every session is just going🐓 to get better and [we’ll get] more used to it.”
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