Verstappen, unhappy with the Red Bull car: “We have problems, it's uncontrollable”

The Red Bull driver finished 11th at Suzuka, fighting until the last moment, but Isack Hadjar and Arvid Lindblad knocked him out of the top 10 with their final fast laps in the second part of qualifying for the German Grand Prix.

Verstappen expressed his dissatisfaction with the cornering system of the Red Bull single-seater, which he considers unsuitable for the circuit in Japan.

What Max Verstappen said after qualifying in Japan

“Our car doesn't steer well and here we also have serious oversteer going into the corners. That makes everything very difficult, our car is unpredictable.

I thought in the third practice session we limited the other problem – the understeer, but in qualifying the car was uncontrollable again, so that's something we have to look at.

This weekend I'm racing a different aero package, but it doesn't seem to be working as it should. We have problems that I can't explain here.

We know what's wrong, sometimes we simply perform worse and I think in qualifying I reached the point where my car became uncontrollable,” said Verstappen after qualifying, according to sportal.bg.

The starting grid in Japan

Overall driver standings:

1. George Russell (Mercedes) – 51 points

2. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 47

3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 34

4. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 33

5. Oliver Bearman (Haas) – 17

6. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 15

7. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 9

8. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 8

9. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 8

10. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) – 4

11. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) – 4

12. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 3

13. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 2

14. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) – 2

15. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 1

16. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 0

17. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) – 0

18. Alexander Albon (Williams) – 0

19. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) – 0

20. Sergio Perez (Cadillac) – 0

21. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 0

22. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 0

General ranking of constructors:

1. Mercedes – 98 points

2. Ferrari – 67

3. McLaren – 18

4. Haas – 17

5. Red Bull – 12

6. Racing Bulls – 12

7. Alpine – 10

8. Audi – 2

9. Williams – 2

10. Cadillac – 0

11. Aston Martin – 0