Verstappen unsure if updates work: ''Time will tell''

Verstappen not too positive

In Australia, Charles Leclerc was in a world of his own and Verstappen couldn't claim victory even before his failure. In Imola, Red Bull took the gamble to put the updates on the car anyway, despite there only being one free practice session to test them. Verstappen doesn't want to jump to conclusions after one strong race, however.

"It’s always difficult to tell. Every track is different. If you looked at Melbourne, definitely not. But it's all about… At the end it's details, you know, you have to always make sure that you have a good balance in the car, and you can have the fastest car, but if you have a bad balance, it's not working. So or you have to look after your tyres, you know, and these kind of things are very crucial with these new cars. And Miami, again, will be a big question mark, and it will probably be a bit hit or miss for some people. Hopefully of course, we will do well, but you don't know at the moment," Verstappen said in the press conference after the Emilia Romagna GP.

Updates for Red Bull

Helmut Marko pointed to the updates the team brought for this weekend after Verstappen's victory and Sergio Perez's second place. According to the Austrian, Red Bull's double victory was due to the risk taken with the upgrade package. Asked why Red Bull was suddenly so strong now, Verstappen also points to that.

"We brought upgrades but I don't know, of course, how much that actually gave us because of just the hectic weekend with, you know, rain, dry. It's very difficult to judge but we definitely were on top of things a bit better than Australia.

"So, I'm just very pleased with how we executed the whole weekend. We were just on top of everything and that's sometimes more important than actually bringing something new. I guess time will tell now in upcoming races how much the upgrades are benefiting us," concludes the reigning world champion.