Verstappen, satisfied with his third spot on the Miami grid

the dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) acknowledged on Saturday that third place in qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix, just behind Ferraris, is good news. considering that on Friday he couldn’t learn more about the Florida circuit’s debut track at the Formula One World Championship.

“I only did four or five laps yesterday and you can’t afford that on a new track like this.“, Said the current world champion at a press conference after qualifying where he was below the Ferraris of Monegasque Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

But He made sure he had room for improvement, and he could still do better in the careerafter this Saturday he was able to enjoy more time on the track and he was checking the data of his laps in the coming hours.

Verstappen indicated that “he’s still learning about braking and how to be faster”but was satisfied with the performance of his Red Bull.

For his part, now he continues to learn what the track is and is trying to find “balance” in the car, he said.

The Dutchman, second in the World Cup with 59 points, 27 less than Leclerc, said yes to a track “normally relatively easy to get into rhythm“On an urban circuit like Miami it’s a lot harder, and because he can’t train as much as he’d like on Friday, that hindered his choices this Saturday.

And that, against a “team as strong” as Ferrari, “you can’t afford it,” he said. “I think we can do a better job today if we have a cleaner Friday.”

The fifth championship race will be held at the debut Grand Prix of Miami (USA), a circuit built around Hard Rock Stadium in the aforementioned Florida town.

And Verstappen warns that one of the keys to the race is the behavior of the tires, as it is expected that this Sunday the asphalt temperature will once again exceed 50 degrees Celsius, which will cause tires.