Inside Red Bull: Verstappen Reveals Insights After F1 Test
Although Red Bull looked well during pre-season testing in Bahrain, reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen remains hungry for more. The Dutchman recognized that the team have some more work to do.
A Solid but Unspectacular Final Day
Verstappen completed 81 laps in the Bahrain International Circuit on Friday for the final day of testing, participating in the two sessions. Verstappen was second in the headline times, just 0.021 seconds behind Mercedes’ George Russell, who went fastest.
“I think we had a decent day today. There were a few little problems, but overall, we completed quite a bit of what we wanted to do.,” the Dutchman said, according to Formula1.com.
Although the timings showed some potential, Verstappen was cautious about drawing conclusions. “It wasn’t bad, but at the same time, there is still a bit of work to do,” he added.
Work in Progress for Red Bull
Verstappen’s comments suggest that while Red Bull might be in a good position, the team are far from complacent. The RB21 showed promise, but the reigning champions know that preseason testing is only a glimpse of the true potential.
“It is what we expected, and we will keep on working and trying to improve,” Verstappen explained. “Hopefully, as we go into Melbourne, we will learn a bit more by going through all the data and see where we are at.”
The 27-year-old mentioned the challenge of analyzing rivals’ performance during testing. “It is difficult to tell where everyone’s pace is, so there is still a bit of work to do for us,” he admitted.
"We are looking forward to starting racing properly again in Australia.”
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Red Bull Racing definitely seems the worst-placed among the top 4, both average long-run pace & car balance/handling-wise, or at least worse than both McLaren & Ferrari, if not also Mercedes.
Rbr and RBs could be Honda powered (again) in 27, if there own engines a mess in 26, due to the rules of engine supply
Nah, they won't return together after all the hard work done on their own PU project, which would otherwise prove useless.
Your optimism sounds like the French engineers who built the f1 engine and got cancelled, i never said they would , just that they could, Honda would have to supply them if Rbs engine was cancelled as the PU mfr with the least number of teams they supplied, unless Merc or Ferrari wanted to, but I cant see that
RB will come good
They always do
2025 Constructors in sight already
Go Max Go
I agree, Max is the strongest driver in the field, He knows how to get in there heads, id be surprized if he doesnt win a 5th title
I'd like to see the title changing all the time
Ford will not allow failure.
Max as the narcissist that he is will be gone if his car is not good enough for him to win. I don’t see him hanging around like Lewis at Mercedes.
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