Max verstappenCurrent F1 World Champion After achieving his fourth title last season, the test of preseason of Bahrain performed last week. Ni Pierre Waché, team technical director.
The Dutch pilot made it clear that he did not expect his vehicle to be the fastest in the first race of the season, in Australia (from March 14 to 16) after several trials where McLaren seems to be the favorite carWith better career simulation rhythm, there are no problems and excellent start -up sensations.
Behind McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes stood up, which could start a course as second and third car leading to Red Bull. However, Bahrain’s layout is not representative and the track conditions are either, with very cold and air and a temperature higher on Friday and that the Red Bull seems to fit well.
Verstappen seems to have begun the trial goodHe ras his first day behind the wheel said his car was more predictable And better than 2024. But on Thursday and Friday, things were not good. Engineers failed to find the best car window and on Friday, along with changing conditions and according to ‘MotorsPort.com’, with more heat on the track, things weren’t better.
Last year, Max started a dominant car from trials and stabbed the first races before his car had no good development. The initial advantage and the great management during the year allowed him to win the World Before a Norris With a better car and too many mistakes. But in 2025, the object can be completely different for Max: it can start the course with the worst car than its rivals And the challenge can be more awaiting for its career and its opponents throughout the time.
The beginning of the real fire is the one that indicates whether the Red Bull has hidden more than appropriate and has a good car or if the verstappen needs to be filed more against the arrival of new pieces that will help you to have more weapons. Although we have to wait to see what is happening in the hints of different qualities to have a more real image.
What is clear that, if the car could be up, Max would put it at best as he did in 2024Despite the fact that for this he had to fight his car as he did last year, achieved the dream turning and in Imala and other clues with a car with many problems where Max and his magic were able to quickly.
“We had some problems”
“We had some problems, but generally we completed a good part of what we were trying to do. I don’t think it’s bad, but at the same time there’s still work to do,” Max pointed to such a preseason.
“This is what most or less expected, we just keep working and trying to improve. Luckily we will be ready for Melbourne, let’s learn a little bit and see where we are. I do not hope that we are the fastest, but it is very difficult to know what everyone’s rhythm is. We have a job to do “Argument.
Waché: “I’m not happy with what I want”
For part of it, Pierre Waché, technical director of Red Bull, also admitted that not all were lost perfectly: “It’s not a trial as quiet as we expectedBut it’s better to find some problems here than to understand the car now. Time was not accompanied by us, but we tried to explore the car potential and Understand how it responds to various adjustments, and I think we have achieved it “He argued with statements collected by the ‘MotorsPort.com’ portal.
“I’m not as happy as I would,” Waché added. “Because The car did not reply as we wanted in some timeBut we’re going in the right direction, maybe it’s not as wide as expected and it’s something we need to work for the first race and for the future car development, “he concluded.
A correction and not an evolution?
The Milton Keynes team chose 2025 for a car correction rather than a pure evolution of a 2024 car that has many problems throughout the year. They had problems with bachelor, with difficulties going up the piano and a car with many balances in balance and putting the gums at optimal temperatures. There are too many problems to correct for this 2025. Therefore, it was surprising that at first glance the car did not undergo a major change in the concept.
In RB21, the photo of energy drinks would like to remove the many problems that have had previous RB20 and have a More stable and unpredictable car To take front steps with development, though it may be a small loss of performance start.
Therefore, the first goal in trials is a Assessment of car behavior. They struck their heads and hid the conduct of touch and settings and tires to study if the changes made were on the right track and collect data. From there, they tried the new pieces as a front wing with changes, but did not give much sensation of trials a year ago, less.
Red Bull did not give rhythm to race simulationbecause they did not do such a test as they did their opponents of McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes. The range of energy drinks seems to end the preseason finding more answers than their rivals and that is not a great symptom. Fact or theater? The track has an answer.
Source: La Verdad
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