The first training hour of the Saudi GP was driven on a hot Jedda street track.
Max Verstappen fell far from the tip of the Saudi GP’s first training. Aop
Max Verstappen arrived at the Jedda GP weekend in a rather contradictory mood.
The magnificent victory over Suzuka is just a pale memory. Prior to Saudi Arabia, Red Bull offered a real chamber race in Bahrain, where nothing was done from the energy drink.
Team manager Christian Horner suspected the stomach bill telling the problems of the ancient wind tunnel. Verstappen denied the boss’s theory on Thursday before the start of the drive.
– The problems are not new. Already in 2023 we saw that not all things appear in the wind tunnel, Verstappen said.
The Williams team manager also threw his own spoon James Vowlesaccording to which Verstappen would not be worthwhile to go to Mercedes at least.
“Personally, I don’t believe it would be the right place for him,” Vowles said.
British worked for a long time Toto Wolff Under the subordinate as a Mersu engineer. He appreciates the current driver of the silver arrow.
– I think George Russell And Verstappen would not fit the same stable. They are very different personalities.
During Friday’s first training class, Verstappen was not close to the top. He missed 0.579 seconds for the best round Pierre from Gasly.
On the scoreboard, the Dutchman was only ninth in practice with a teammate Yuki tsunodan with.
On Friday, a much more important training lesson is waiting. The exercise starts at eight in the evening is driven under the artificial lights and thus fully corresponds to the conditions of the Sunday race.