“I am not surprised by the performance of the Mercedes. It was normal for them to improve in terms of set-up and then also the new heat engine must have guaranteed a little more power ”. Max Verstappen is preparing to defend the six-point advantage over Lewis Hamilton aware that Austin, Texas will have to suffer. The W12 in Turkey impressed and the Red Bull RB16-B has finished the trump cards after spending several months on the development of the 2021 single-seater despite the technical regulation change in view of 2022.
Mercedes seems to have decided to take some risks in terms of reliability to give Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas more power, at Red Bull they cannot do the same: “We have no power to unleash at the power unit level, we are already at the maximum – added the 1997 class as reported by the newspaper racingnews. 365 – and there are no updates coming for the latest races which is only natural. At a certain point it is necessary to concentrate for the coming season, especially now that we are on the eve of an epochal regulatory change ”.
The hope for the Milton Keynes team is that Turkey has been a particularly difficult appointment due to a asphalt very particular: “We have ideas on how to try to be faster than in Istanbul – concluded Verstappen – we will find out in free practice if we have actually made some progress”. Max worked closely with Adrian Newey in Milton Keynes ahead of the Texan weekend, tonight at 18:30 Italian time we will have the first feedback on the occasion of the first free practice session of the United States Grand Prix.
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