Max from China: 'Updates for this race and the ones coming'

Published on 11 April 2019 by Mike Motilall

After the previous race, the Bahrain Grand Prix, at which Max Verstappen came in fourth, he stated that he was not at all happy with his car. “The entire weekend we suffered from a mistake we made in the setup of the car”, says Max all the way from China.

Sunday evening, after the race in Bahrain, we quickly found out what the issue was and during testing it had already been solved. It can happen, it’s not a big deal. I don’t think that there is something fundamentally wrong.”

Max elaborates: “Something was just mounted incorrectly. Something that has been mounted in the factory and you don’t touch again the entire race weekend. If you mount something incorrectly, then it’s very hard to find a good balance. It is good we found the problem.”

Verstappen, who is third in the standings, keeps his chin up: “We need to make sure that we find the right balance here in China and then from then on I think a lot is possible. I feel better in this car than last year’s one. And this race and the ones coming, there will be some updates for the car. We need to make sure that we get the most out of them than the rest.”

The Chinese circuit in Shanghai is noted for its 1.2 km. long straight. Max: “Ferrari just takes off on the straight. If you’re not quite happy, like we are, then things get difficult. For sure during qualifying it will be hard, but in the race the gap will be smaller.”

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