On the again of a tough day at Sao Paulo, reigning champion Max Verstappen admitted that he struggles to “perceive why the efficiency has been fairly so unhealthy.”
Max Verstappen had an excellent preliminary begin within the Sao Paulo F1 Dash to select off Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and run fifth. Following the restart, he needed to defend his place from the Spaniard, however managed to remain forward.
Nevertheless, the reigning champion was unable to shut in on Mercedes driver George Russell, and needed to content material with a fourth place.
The Grand Prix qualifying noticed Verstappen wrestle for grip, and though he had time to finish two flying laps on a recent set of softs within the dying moments of Q1, he didn’t handle to make it out of Q1.
His team-mate Yuki Tsunoda began the Dash from the pit lane as Purple Bull opted to check out a distinct downforce set-up. The Japanese driver was unable to realize any factors within the 100km sprint, and he ended up solely nineteenth quickest in the principle qualifying session.
Commenting on his dash day at Sao Paulo, Verstappen added: “The Dash as we speak was a combined bag, I had a very good begin and made up one place however that was about pretty much as good because it bought.
“We then had the pink flag and my race was just about over, I simply could not sustain with the vehicles in entrance of me and the moist patches on the monitor did not assist.
“The Dash felt just like how the automobile felt throughout Dash Quali yesterday so contemplating that, we undoubtedly maximised as a lot as was attainable with the P4 end result.
Having struggled for grip within the Grand Prix qualifying, the Dutchman added: “Between the Dash and Quali as we speak we made fairly a number of adjustments to the automobile to attempt to enhance efficiency, however the grip and traction weren’t there and I used to be sliding round rather a lot which resulted in me actually having to underneath drive.
“I’m struggling to grasp why the efficiency has been fairly so unhealthy as we speak, we’ve got rather a lot to analyse however firstly we have to perceive the problems that we’ve got been dealing with all weekend.
“The entire weekend has been fairly robust which is certainly surprising however let’s have a look at what tomorrow has in retailer,” the Dutchman concluded.
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