Max Verstappen tomorrow in Barcelona will start from the front row flanked by Carlos Sainz, an opponent who doesn't seem to worry him, like the others after all. Ferrari brought several updates, but the good substance remains the same, that is a single-seater that has many limits, given by the choices made at the time of development. Ferrari itself is already going backwards on these choices, but it is difficult to think that it will be able to get close to Red Bull which was born perfect and which continues to evolve despite this. Then there is an equally substantial difference, namely the pilot. Max Verstappen for the entire weekend was placed in front of the group by a good handful of tenths. Today, in qualification yet another mistake by his teammate, Sergio Perez, who doesn't seem as happy with the turn of his World Championship, despite still being second in the Championship.
The risk of seeing a Red Bull win every race is real. But does Max like this domination or would he like a little more battle? Let's see what emerges from the post-session interviews of the two-time world champion, interviewed by Mara Sangiorgio for sky sports f1.
Max: “Today's conditions weren't that difficult after all”
“The whole weekend has gone well so far. I enjoyed all the laps and in Q3, when it was time to push, we pushed. I am very satisfied.” Max Verstappen makes it look easy, happy with his first Pole in Barcelona. But was it really? he actually admits it himself, once again underlining the excellent pace of his RB19. He then tells us a different story Max from the one underlined by the "others". Is Sainz and Norris in fact, they spoke of a tough qualifying, given the conditions.“Honestly, the conditions weren't bad, it was enough to leave a little margin and staying away from some curbs where it was clearly still a bit damp, other than that it was easy handling. Does supremacy bore me? well no I feel good, I feel happy. We will see tomorrow if someone catches us because our pace is really good, and we hope to have opponents.”
Supremacy doesn't bore him but certainly he too would like a few more opponents. With Perez and Leclerc far away, the task of annoying him therefore falls to Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton who should go one position higher due to an impediment that should cost Gasly some positions.
