The World Formula 1 champion, curious statements before the Bahrain Grand Prize: “We are too far”
Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Saturday, April 12, 2025, 13:03 / Updated on Saturday, April 12, 2025 13:04
The Max Verstappen world champion was not satisfied with his performance in the second free training session for the Grand Bahrain Prize yesterday, where he ranked 7th. The other Red Bull pilot, Yuki Tsunoda, finished on 18.
Max Verstappen spoke about the performance of his team and the goals set by Red Bull.
Max Verstappen: “Under these conditions, we are slow and unstable”
“A difficult workout, we tried to find more adhesion. To improve the balance of the car, which was not so bad, I must admit. The problem is that our monopost does not work on this track and under these conditions, we are slow and unstable.
Yuki Tsunoda confirmed that he and Max used different settings yesterday, for the team to compare their effect.
“We lack speed, we are too far from McLaren,” said the world champion in the previous season. Despite these statements, Max Verstappen is only one point away from Lando Norris, McLaren pilot and the updated ranking leader in the “Great Circus”. The British has 62 points and a victory, and the Dutch has 61 points and a victory.
Is Red Bull so far from McLaren?
In the team ranking in Formula 1, Red Bull is on 3, with the points accumulated only by Verstappen, while McLaren is in the first place, with 111 points. Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris's teammate, also won a race in China
The Red Bull team suffered at the beginning of the season and have already changed the second pilot. Red Bull started the season with Liam Lawson as a teammate for Verstappen, after he debuted last season and recorded some good results. Following the benefits of this season, Lawson was replaced with Japanese Yuki Tsunoda.
