The Dutch pilot Max Verstappen (Red Bull) reiterated today that its car is “getting better” after taking victory, for the first time, in the Chinese Grand Prix.
The current world champion assured that it was “a very strong weekend”, in which he had “amazing” sensations: “It was very pleasant to drive with all the compounds, the car was on rails and I could do whatever I wanted with it” .
Verstappen joined the critics with the duration of the two safety car exits: “It was less fun (…), more strategies would have been seen.”
Despite his victory – he was also the best in the sprint race and in the classification – the current leader of the general classification claimed to have had certain problems: “I had a crash on the second restart (after the safety car came out) and two laps later I ran over some debris in turn 14, it would have been easy to have a puncture”.
In any case, the triple world champion ended up taking almost 14 seconds ahead of the second placed, the British Lando Norris (McLaren)the only one to opt, along with the Ferraris, for a one-stop strategy.
Verstappen, who only suffered in the sprint shootout due to rain that did not appear today, broke two records this weekend: he won pole number 100 for Red Bull and became the first driver since the Finn Mika Häkkinen (1999) to qualify first in the initial five days of the year.
Looking ahead to the next race, in Miami, he noted: “It should be a good race for us, I’m excited about an intense weekend”.
The Shanghai event is the fifth day of the world championship after Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, and precedes the Miami Grand Prix, which will be held on May 5 and will be the second weekend with a ‘sprint’ format. of the season after, precisely, that of China. EFE (I)
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