Max verstappen undergoing medical attention after a …
Max Verstappen may have made his drive from 15th to second place at the Saudi GP look easy but, as the Dutchman has explained, he was battling against more than just his F1 rivals in Jeddah
The Dutchman skipped media day because he took longer than expected to get to Jeddah. However, he returned to practice on Friday in time for free, and he didn’t experience too much pain over the remainder of the race weekend.
However, he believes that during that race weekend, the symptoms of his illness “physically limited” him. Verstappen gave media further information regarding his mental state before to the Australian Grand Prix, where he finished the race in second place from 15th on the grid.
“However, I felt like I needed to recover for two laps in order to be able to breathe normally after getting into the car for even one performance in Formula One.” Thus, yes, it undoubtedly had an impact on me all weekend.”
Luckily for the 25-year-old, he was able to continue his recovery during the free weekend that fell between that race in Jeddah and this round in Melbourne. As
He added: “I’ve been trying to work on it, trying to improve it, and I do think that it has improved a lot. So normally this weekend should be alright. It’s quite a tough track in general and when you don’t feel well, it hits hard on you.”
Even more useful for his recovery will be the three weeks he and the rest of the drivers have off after this weekend. The cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix means the fourth race of the year will instead be held in Baku at the end of April.
Verstappen said: “Well a couple of weeks ago I would say that I was not looking forward to it, so for me now this three weeks is just getting back to like full fitness getting a full programme in. But normally if I just feel well, I think I would also prefer to keep racing.
“It has nothing to do with looking into the car trying to make it faster. I think that’s a natural process, but it’s weird to have three weeks off, especially that early on in the season.”
