It was a very special day at Red Bull. During Mexico free practice, Max Verstappen concludes FP1 in fourth place in the standings. Not an excellent result, but one that nonetheless certifies one great certainty: Max Sunday is aiming for success.
Special day
However, it was not a positive day for the Milton Keynes team. In fact, the press release from the Mexican arrived in the morning in Mexico FIA which he announced the penalties that the Austrian team will have to pay for having breached the 2021 budget cap. La Red Bull He will have to pay $7 million and will have a 10% reduction in limited wind tunnel development time. There was no shortage of Horner's words at the end of the sentence with the team principal he has declared"This 10% will have an impact on our ability to express ourselves on the track next year“.
Verstappen: the track was ice
Coming instead to the track, Max Verstappen's goal now is to try to concentrate on this weekend's race. with the Dutch declaring at the end of the two sessions. The first one is a bit more difficult, due to the absent grip: "It's incredible guys, there's absolutely no grip, I couldn't correct and get the car back" said the Dutchman who also spun in FP1. However, despite the difficulties, Max's impressions seemed positive.
“I had a little spin in PL1, as soon as i got off the track it looked like ice and i was drifting left and right. With the soft tires everything was ok, but we only did one lap. In FP2 we had to test the Pirelli tyres, therefore it is a little more difficult to assess the level of our performance because there are many unknowns again, exactly like last weekend. We have very little information, but from what we tried, everything worked fine. Let's see what we can do in Qualifying.”
Source statements: FormulaPassion
