With a seventh starting position and a car that doesn’t do what he wants, Max Verstappen expects little from the sprint race in Montreal. Only after that race can Red Bull still make some changes to his car on Saturday. “Hopefully, it will go better in qualifying for the race after that.”
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Friday did not go well for Red Bull Racing. Both in the only free practice and in the sprint qualifying, Verstappen struggled with the RB22. “The feeling in the car was not good,” he told F1TV. “I struggled and had trouble with bumps on the circuit. My feet sometimes even flew off the pedals. Then it becomes difficult and that is something we need to investigate.”
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Hope keeps you going, knows the four-time world champion. But he is also realistic; adjustments to the car can only be made again after the sprint race and before the regular qualifying for the GP. “We are stuck with this car for the sprint race now. We need to understand some things and then hopefully it will go better in qualifying.”
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