Max Verstappen was not satisfied with the new variant of the circuit after the Friday training sessions in Sakhir. The short track, with hardly any curves and plenty of traffic, even created danger, according to him.
“It is nothing for this circuit. I don’t like it at all. For me this is not a race circuit. It is so short and the curves in it don’t make any sense at all,” the Dutchman speaks fiercely in conversation with Ziggo Sport.
The new part of the circuit, sector two, also does not appeal to him and he is even critical about it: “In addition, it is also just dangerous, because you are communicating more with your engineer like ‘there is another car coming here, a car there, hole here, hole there ‘and all blind corners, that is very dangerous,’ said the Red Bull driver after the second free practice.
It feels as if the drivers are used for entertainment, according to the Limburger. “What are they doing? It feels like they want to turn it into an entertainment show to make it more exciting, but in the end it doesn’t get any more exciting, because the fastest car just drives in front,” he sighs.
According to Verstappen, the danger is also exacerbated by the speed difference between the drivers who drive a fast lap or a run-out lap: “We have to slow down to let the tires cool down and then be able to start another lap”, explains Verstappen. from. “It’s not all that much fun, but it is what it is. I think it’s ridiculous,” he says The Telegraph.
In the second sector are also turns seven and eight, where many people go wide and are tapped for track limits. Did Verstappen have problems with that? “Yes, in a few laps, but you know well when you go too wide, so that’s not an issue.”
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