Max Verstappen was by far the fastest on the third and final test day of Formula 1 in Bahrain, but he did not go ‘to full throttle’.
“The car feels good and I was able to complete the desired program, so that’s positive. But it doesn’t make much sense to look at the lap times, because nobody has gone full yet,” said the world champion after 53 laps in the race. new Red Bull.
New tires
Verstappen went on to say that he was especially curious about the new Pirelli tires. Formula 1 is using a larger format this year. “The focus was really on testing the tires we will be using at the first Grand Prix next week,” he said. “We certainly learned more. The new parts that were on the car today worked well and of course you hope for that. We have made the car faster compared to the first days of testing in Barcelona.”