Un Not an easy start to the weekend for the two-time world champion Max Verstappen in Singapore. In this Friday of free practice, the Dutchman found several problems on his RB19.
Verstappen and the problems of Friday
Max Verstappen he had already mentioned it, in the Thursday press conference, which on this circuit, the single-seaters of the Milton Keynes team they would have struggled. After the third period behind the two Ferraris in the first free practice session, Max failed to place in the top 5 times, finishing the second session of the day in eighth place, behind his teammate.
Both pilots Red Bull they opened on the radio to report a weak rear, which tends to have little grip, esp exiting the curves. But Verstappen's problems don't end there, Max is forced to pit to replace the steering wheel with which it has no adhesion on the right side.
“There are still many things to understand”
A proven face, that of Max Verstappen after the free practice which the interviewee confirmed – “Not what we expected today, awe worked very hard with the balance of the car. We never got the car together, there are many things to understand before tomorrow's qualifying".
When asked if he has confidence in fight for pole position, the Dutchman replies – “We will try to improve, but the gap is big”. She then continues by saying herself surprised at the speed of his opponents, noting however the fact that Red Bull was aware of the difficulties, but did not expect this – “La Ferrari is very fast, but we are not where we expected to be".
