Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who will start tomorrow from pole for the Chinese Grand Prix, He assured that his car “performed better” in qualifying than in the sprint race.where he also won this morning after recovering from his first fourth place.
“The sprint race gave us ideas for the car, and it worked better in qualifying.. I felt that the last lap was quite good,” said the current world champion and current leader of the general classification in the remarks after the classification.
After suffering yesterday’s ‘sprint shootout’ due to rain, The Dutchman is “happy” to dry off in Shanghai: “It’s a lot of fun.”
Verstappen became the first driver to start the first five grands prix of the season since Finn Mika Häkkinen in 1999, and raised his own record of consecutive pole positions to six, also taking into account last year’s final day, in Abu Dhabi.
In addition, this is the 100th pole for Red Bull: “It’s an incredible victory for the whole team. The car is working well and the start of the year is very good, with a lot of confidence. It’s a shame that we retire in Melbourne (at the Australian Grand Prix), because we can have a very strong advantage.”
Looking forward to tomorrow’s race, the triple world champion assured that “If the car behaved even half as well in the ‘sprint’, all would be well”.
The Shanghai event – the first in the Asian country after a five-year absence – is the fifth day of the world championship after Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, and precedes the Miami Grand Prix, which will be held on May 5. .
In the complete competition this Sunday there will be 56 laps around the 5,451 meter Shanghai track.
Source: La Verdad
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