Like a footballer who comes off the bench and scores. Max Verstappen despite not having scored even one time in the FP1 due to the session dedicated to roockie Liam Lawson needed little time to find the right feeling with the RB18. A car that seems to have returned to its usual form from this summer onwards, with the only exception of the Brazil, in which perhaps something at the set up level didn't work. The FP2 they were a linear session, furthermore in FP1 Lawson entered an excellent fifth position, placing himself immediately behind Sergio Perez, about two tenths behind. There Red Bull even in the race pace simulation as the temperatures dropped he demonstrated an impressive pace, a jackhammer.
Mercedes, the only team to have taken a victory away from Red Bull from the Austrian GP, the last success for Ferrari di Leclerc, would like to repeat himself to deliver the first victory of the season to Lewis Hamilton. But it will be hard to resist the RB18 especially in the race. During the season, the RB18 has not always been on the right track since Friday. Music that changed over the course of the race weekends. At the end of the day in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen appeared confident and certain that he could have a great weekend to close the world championship in the best possible way.
Verstappen: "A simple session"
"Actually my one session was simple – commented Verstappen – Because the car has a good run window and we kept our cool with a steady pace so it was fine. We did not have no real problems in PL2: we tried a few things and the car went quite well, even in the long run". Max, among other things, has collected two victories in the last two editions of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Source statements: FormulaPassion
