Verstappen: Red Bull needs to ‘step up’ performance for more wins
Max Verstappen says Rꦡed Bull needs a “step up” in performance to achieve more wins during the 2019 Formula 1 season, despite scoring a breakthrough victory at the Austriaꦗn Grand Prix.
The Dutchman recovered from a poor start to charge through the field and pull off a late overཧtake on Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to snatch victory in Spielber🍸g, handing Honda its first grand prix win since 2006.
Asked how it fee💯ls to have an engine that can win a race, Verstappen said: “Well I think we still need t𒀰o work hard.
Max Verstappen says Red Bull needs a “step up” in performance to achieve more wins during the 2019 For🌜mula 1 season, despite scoring a&n꧟bsp;breakthrough victory at the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman recovered from a poor start to charge throu𒁏gh the field and pull off a late overtake on Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to snatch victory in Spielberg,🀅 handing Honda its first grand prix win since 2006.
Asked how it feels to have an engine that can win a race, Verstappen 🐲said: “Well I think we still need to work hard.
“Of course it’s a race vic♊tory but it doesn’t mean that we are suddenly the dominating team. We still need to step up our performance a bit more.
“It’s just when you have a good car you can do it,” he added. “It’s very simple. I think I’ve had many races where I think I got🍨 the most out of it but maybe that’s P5 or P6.
“Now you win the race but it’s just because the car is workin♏g well, the engine is working well, I had a good♚ tyre management and of course when you have a good car it’s easier to look after the tyres.
“In France I was too slow but I was just tryin🍎g to keep up with the Ferraris and I went through my tyres. In Austria it was the other way ꧋around, I had looked after my tyres initially and then had tyres at the end of the race. It is very car dependent.
“I always try to do the best I can and I think there are many races where you extracted the most out of it but it doesn’t really show♎ be🃏cause it was only P5, for most of the people they don’t really recognise it.
“Of course it was a good race but it always🐷 makes it a bit easier wh🏅en you have a good car to do it.”
And Verstappen does not feel a re﷽peat of Red Bull’s success in Austria will be possible at this weekend's British Grand Prix.
“We need 40 degrees outside, that normally works quite well,” he explained. “As a driver you would alway🤡s like mor🌳e top speed, more grip, it’s pretty simple.
“Unfortunatel🐬y, it’s not that easy to create but we keep working. I think we were just a lot fꦡaster.
“We didn’t have much of a cooling issues compared to Mercedes and cornering-wise I think we were more competitive than Ferrari so I wasn’t actually losing time behind them and then ♌you get the DRS effect. I🍌n the second stint our pace was a lot better than them."
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