Max Verstappen is known favorite before the Bahrain GP next week. The Dutchman completed his program on Thursday and Friday, rested on Saturday, while Checo Pérez did the fastest laps of the week with the Red Bull RB19. “It has gone very well, the car works quite well and we have tried a lot of things. These have been very positive days and I have enjoyed them driving this car. There are some differences, it drives differently but it is also related to the tyres. It is an improvement on what was there last year”, says the two-time champion.
“The problem we had last year (at the beginning of the season) It is that the car was overweight and also the weight was poorly distributed. We sorted it out during the year and the performance improved, it became a good race car. This year is a continuation, but we have found things that clearly make the car better. We know what our limitations are and we work on it”, explains Verstappen. This year, Red Bull has slight limitations in the wind tunnel as a penalty for exceeding the 2021 spending ceiling.
On the particularities of the RB19, he avoids talking about a car built to measure for him: “I don’t feel like it fits my style. As a pilot you get used to what you have. It’s what I did when I came to Red Bull. The car always had a good front end, but I have never had a fast car with understeer. The team does not push towards my style, my style is to adapt to what I have. That is the key, each circuit is different”.
“The philosophy of the car does not change, but we look for more performance. Everything we have has been tested in the simulator and works fine. Nothing slows it down, everything is faster.” stands out from the car that aspires to pole position and victory next weekend in Sakhir. Again.
