Max Verstappen offers Formula One fans hope during practice in Bahrain as the Red Bull star ……
Days after saying he was happy with Red Bull’s most recent effort, Max Verstappen was not satisfied with his car during the first practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen, the current Formula One champion, wasn’t having a good first practice. (Photo: SkySportsF1.X@)
Early in the Bahrain Grand Prix’s first practice, Red Bull star Max Verstappen lost it, screaming, “everything is s***.”
Verstappen wasn’t happy with the setup of his car even though he was leading the field on the medium tires and 0.084 seconds quicker than teammate Sergio Perez. His complaint over the team radio was, “Everything is s***, like miles off.”
Strong gusts disrupted Sakhir’s first practice session, causing issues for numerous drivers on the track. After his outburst, Verstappen went back to the pits, where Red Bull mechanics altered the angle of his front wing, according to Sky Sports.
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This adjustment did not resolve the issue. Verstappen quickly expressed further worries over the radio, yelling, “There are still really poor upshifts and downshifts.” The car is actually leaping.”
After a pause, his race engineer sent him back into the circuit, saying, “OK, thank you, we’ll see if we can sort that out in the garage,” according to The Mirror.
The fact that Verstappen is the same as always in this new season didn’t surprise fans. “Max was still crying on the radio then,” someone said. Certain things are always the same.”
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On the team radio, Vertsappen voiced his displeasure with his gear shifts. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
“Who had Max complaining about the car on their 2024 #F1 Bingo Card?” joked a second person. Oh, right, forget it.” “Is this like a psychological message to freak the other teams out or what?” inquired a third person. A fourth, however, believed he was “playing possum again.”
Karun Chandhok, a former Formula One driver, also speculated on Sky Sports that Verstappen might be playing mind games with his opponents, saying, “I think that’s just a psychological message he’s sending to his opposition.”
The racing season begins with the Bahrain Grand Prix, which takes place at the same Middle Eastern track immediately following pre-season testing. Three-time world champion driver Max Verstappen has stated he is happy with his new vehicle.
Verstappen revealed: “We decided today not to concentrate just on lap time. We concentrated on that program because, to be honest, I think everything looked very good. I think it was more necessary to just do the long run and then gain a little more understanding of the car.”
“[I’m] quite happy with the car, how it was behaving,” he continued. “But as we get closer to race weekend, it will be important to fine-tune the balance around the circumstances that you face.” I only observe what is being done here.”
He additionally stated: “I think there’s of course always a lot of work to do you always want to do better, but I think we had a very positive test and we learned a lot from every single thing that we changed on the car, and we also know what we want to do for next week, and that’s what we’ll focus on.”
He also expressed total confidence in his staff, saying, “To be honest, I don’t care how the car is designed as long as it’s faster. I trust everyone in the team to know what they are doing. Naturally, every time they come up with anything new, it’s very interesting and looks good.
“I’m not an engineer for the remainder. They are here to build and prepare the car, and I’m here to do my work in the car. I believe that thus far, all of our expectations have come true, and while there is always some uncertainty when things become serious, I must admit that this has been one of our stronger points over the past few years.
