F1 Today | 'Verstappen just another Tsunoda', 'Red Bull hold another crisis meeting'

It's mere days before the F1 race weekend in Saudi Arabia gets underway and the paddock is buzzing with many stories. GPblog brings you the best in its daily round-up: F1 Today.

'Without the brake performance, Verstappen is another Yuki Tsunoda'

Verstappen's complaints, Windsor believes he knows what's at the root of the, underlining a performance equaliser that negates a powerful advantage for the Dutchman as it's integral to his driving style, particularly in the unique way he brakes.

"It's all part and parcel of the same thing. Because what we should remember is that Max uses the brakes very differently from virtually every driver on the grid. He's using the brakes into the corner in a way that Lando Norris never uses the brakes, for example. And so the brakes are part of the way Max gets into corners. It's how he uses the front of the car.

"And if he doesn't have the feel and the brake pedal pressure that he needs in order to do that lovely balancing act that he has when he's gone in early into a corner and he's just going down to what he knows is the right rotation point, then he's completely lost. He's just a normal racing driver then. He's a Yuki Tsunoda almost. And he's got nothing else he can impart."

Another F1 crisis meeting for Red Bull, whilst Verstappen's decision on F1 future may have been made already

Ahead of the Saudi Arabian F1 Grand Prix, Red Bull are set to hold yet another crisis meeting, adding to the previous three urgent meetings held by the Austrian team in recent weeks, with one of them being held as recently as after the race in Bahrain.

"And what I've also heard is that there will be another crisis meeting this week. It will be held in Dubai, or even online, with the main protagonists to assess the situation. Because Max Verstappen clearly can't do that on the weekend [due to the race weekend in Jeddah]. He said that this is a situation he is not satisfied with."

Schumacher then states that Verstappen's decision on his F1 future, namely to either leave or remain in Red Bull, is not a long way away, if it hasn't been made already. "From my point of view, he will make the decision, at least after Imola. And for me, it's already been made. Because, of course, what else is he supposed to do? It's not just the car that's the problem. There's also the engine is a question mark. I think Max will change [teams]."

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