Max Verstappen disappointed with Red Bull s start at 2022 F1 Dutch GP
Max Verstappen disappointed with Red Bull's start at 2022 F1 Dutch GP Comment Share F1 Grand Prix of The Netherlands - Practice - Max Verstappen struggled in both practice sessions. Max Verstappen is disappointed with Red Bull's poor start to the 2022 Dutch GP. The 24-year-old retired from FP1 due to a gearbox issue. He subsequently managed to go only eighth-fastest in FP2, putting him on the back foot for the remainder of the weekend. Oracle Red Bull Racing@redbullracing "I wasn’t surprised when I saw the time difference, there are a lot of things that we can improve on ahead of qualifying."
Reaction from Max and Checo after Friday Practice at the #DutchGP 1793110 "I wasn’t surprised when I saw the time difference, there are a lot of things that we can improve on ahead of qualifying."Reaction from Max and Checo after Friday Practice at the #DutchGP Max Verstappen's car was nothing like it was at Spa, where it was more fighter jet-like. The Dutchman struggled around his home track at Zandvoort, with the RB18 clearly sliding out of control ever so often. The world champion suffered from a gearbox issue in FP1, leading to his early retirement from the session. The team was forced to swap his gearbox between the two sessions on Friday, but the driver did not incur a gearbox penalty as it was within the allotted set. Speaking to the media after the session, Max Verstappen rued the on-track time he had lost, saying: “I think on the hard tyres you couldn’t really tell the balance because we had such little grip on the tyres. Then you are a session behind, so we went into FP2 and the balance wasn’t great but in an hour session you can’t really change the car a lot. “So we just tried to deal with what we had and that wasn’t great today, but we’ll have the night to look into things and for sure we can do better than this.”
Reaction from Max and Checo after Friday Practice at the #DutchGP 1793110 "I wasn’t surprised when I saw the time difference, there are a lot of things that we can improve on ahead of qualifying."Reaction from Max and Checo after Friday Practice at the #DutchGP Max Verstappen's car was nothing like it was at Spa, where it was more fighter jet-like. The Dutchman struggled around his home track at Zandvoort, with the RB18 clearly sliding out of control ever so often. The world champion suffered from a gearbox issue in FP1, leading to his early retirement from the session. The team was forced to swap his gearbox between the two sessions on Friday, but the driver did not incur a gearbox penalty as it was within the allotted set. Speaking to the media after the session, Max Verstappen rued the on-track time he had lost, saying: “I think on the hard tyres you couldn’t really tell the balance because we had such little grip on the tyres. Then you are a session behind, so we went into FP2 and the balance wasn’t great but in an hour session you can’t really change the car a lot. “So we just tried to deal with what we had and that wasn’t great today, but we’ll have the night to look into things and for sure we can do better than this.”