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Verstappen still not happy with Red Bull: "It's just what it is now"
- GPblog.com
Max Verstappen said right after the Bahrain Grand Prix that he was not happy with Red Bull Racing's strategy and despite the fact that Christian Horner did not agree with these words. Verstappen continues to back his own words.
Lewis Hamilton controlled the race in Sakhir, but Verstappen always stayed reasonably close. However, the pit stops did not all go smoothly and Verstappen was not happy with the strategy at all. This will have to improve in the future, if the team wants to duel with Mercedes next time.
Verstappen not happy with Red Bull
"I was not happy with all the stops and just the whole strategy. We had the tyres to be aggressive and Mercedes didn't have the right tyres, so that made me annoyed. Certainly because then Mercedes could go in earlier and earlier and do the undercut on fresh tyres, I was disappointed," says Verstappen at Peptalk.
"In hindsight the second stop should have been earlier as well. We discussed everything yesterday after the race and you listen to each other to do better next time. It's just what it is now," concludes Verstappen. Horner did not agree with the Dutchman. He indicated this in Red Bull's online press release that he didn't know what the team in Bahrain could have done better.