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Max Verstappen has admitted McLaren’s impressive form is a “little bit concerning” even though he managed to win the F1 Spanish Grand Prix.
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“Very happy because I think what made our race is getting the lead on Lap 2,” he said. “Basically, ahead of Lando because the first stint is where I won the race with the gap that I had to Lando.
“Since that first stint I was driving a very defensive race. Being quite early with the stops compared to Lando. They were definitely just a bit faster today, better on tyres as well.
“That was a little bit concerning. That’s not what you like to see but as a team we operated really well today. We maximised everything we had.”
It can be argued Red Bull haven’t had the outright fastest car in race day since China back in April.
The Verstappen-Red Bull combination have been incredibly consistent, often making the right strategy calls even if they lack the ultimate pace.
George Rυssell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 loses the lead to Max Verstappeп …
But Verstappen has warned that Red Bull need to find more performance as they can’t keep on relying on being better operationally.
“I mean it’s exciting but when I think about myself, not the sport, I want more performance,” he added. “We are not the quickest at the moment. That’s why I have to push until the end. I put myself in that position. We were comfortably ahead because of that first stint as if I didn’t get by Lando at the start I think we’d have been second today.
“Fine margins that can decide the outcome of the race. So far we’re doing everything well but
you can’t rely on that all of the time. At the end of the day to win races you need to be the
outright fastest and that’s what’s been lacking the last few races.”
