Max Verstappen won qualifying ten times last season, but in 2022, when Formula 1 switched to a new generation of cars, he was unable to start from first position, unlike his teammate Sergio Pérez, who took pole position in Saudi Arabia. . Arabia.
In the stage in Australia, Max again failed to take pole position and lost almost three tenths of a second to Charles Leclerc in qualifying. On the one hand Ferrari has a very fast car this season, with which you can fight for both poles and race wins. On the other hand, Verstappen is willing to admit that his RB18 does not perform optimally in qualifying mode, although she thinks the race pace is fine.
In Australia, the Dutch driver of Red Bull Racing made it clear that the lag in qualifying is partly due to the characteristics of the car.
“To a certain extent, that’s the point. So far the car is not doing well in qualifying,” said Verstappen. “Because of balance problems I have to fight with her, I don’t feel confident and this doesn’t allow me to attack.
In Australia it felt a little better on the first try in the qualifying final, but then I locked the brakes again in one of the corners simply because the balance suddenly changed. Frankly, this is not encouraging.
The car has constant balance problems. I set myself some tasks, but on a fast lap I feel uncomfortable behind the wheel. Everything is more or less normal only on long series of circles.
When we come back to the base of the team after race weekends I work on the simulator to find good base settings, but when I go to the real track it always gets tricky. I need to find out why this is happening because so far piloting isn’t much fun.
Source: F1 News
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