Max Verstappen once again struggled with his RB20 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. As a result, the Red Bull Racing driver saw his title rival Lando Norris pass him in the race and eventually finished fifth. Afterwards, Verstappen was calm but dissatisfied with his car.
"Yes, just very bad again. No speed at all and on the medium tyres more degradation. On the hard tyres it was a bit better, but then I got stuck behind Albon and Lando. Then the brakes overheated, so I took a step back. After that, the speed did get a bit better relative to the lead, but my car is very difficult to drive," Verstappen told Viaplay.
"During qualifying I already noticed that the things we had added to the car didn't work at all. I couldn't brake at all, I couldn't attack corners either. A wheel came off the ground all the time, so every time in all the slow corners, I was bouncing in all directions. It was like a go-kart," Verstappen added.
Ultimately, Norris caught up with Verstappen and was much faster than the Dutchman. "I had no chance at all. That's also because everything was against us and it didn't run like clockwork," concluded the three-time world champion.
This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton
Late setup changes after Fp3 cost him dearly. Max should have just copied Checo's setup since he's master around this track.
Pérez seems have been doing a lot with the RB20. CH did say that Max was running some extra bits on the car that Pérez wasn't ?. They also have that new floor . The truth is if Lewis hadn't had that engine pen, Max would have been 8th hadn't the crash happened . This is concerning .
Ps. I care ?