Regardless of ending up second quickest on the ultimate day of pre-season testing, reigning world champion Max Verstappen was not carried away by his staff’s efficiency on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit.
The Dutchman shared blended emotions after pre-season testing got here to an finish on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on Friday, saying there may be “nonetheless a bit of labor to do” for Crimson Bull.
The reigning four-time World Champion ended the day second on the timesheets, 0.021s away from Mercedes’ George Russell, with 81 laps to his identify. Nonetheless, the Hasselt-born driver indicated that his staff might want to iron out a number of points earlier than the season will get underway in Melbourne.
Commenting on his final day of testing, reigning world champion Max Verstappen has revealed that Crimson Bull had a number of points to beat, however he felt that the Milton Keynes-based outfit made a step ahead in comparison with the second half of final season.
“I believe we had an honest day immediately, there have been a number of little issues however total, we accomplished fairly a little bit of what we needed to do. I believe it wasn’t unhealthy however on the identical time there may be nonetheless a bit of labor to do.
“Nonetheless, it’s what we anticipated and we are going to carry on working and carry on attempting to enhance and hopefully, as we go into Melbourne, we are going to study a bit extra by going by means of all the info and see the place we’re at. It’s troublesome to inform the place everybody’s tempo is, so there may be nonetheless a bit of labor to do for us. We’re wanting ahead to beginning racing correctly once more in Australia.”
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