Bojan Vrbnjak
Red Bull he wanted answers on whether they had reduced the gap behind their direct rival, the team, in recent weeks Mercedes. Bahrain is supposed to offer an answer, because for the first time in Sochi there is a caravan Formula 1 again in familiar terrain.
Second place in the afternoon training GP Bahrain didn't look bad, but lagged behind Lewis Hamilton was a good three-tenths of a second. “We could clearly see that we were fast again,He said Max Verstappen. "This is no surprise.“Also Christian horner, team boss Red Bull, used the word mighty when talking about Mercedes. But for the most part, it’s about speed per lap.
Because at longer distances it is Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes, pushed the role of the favorite into his hands Red Bullu and points out that he was Verstappen the fastest. And even with red bulls, they are aware of that. “Speed over long distances with Max looked pretty good. I hope we are close to the best in the race," so Horner. But for that, the team needs to do a better job of balancing the car, he says Verstappen. At the first training session Dutchman namely, he did not drive, as he drove only 18 laps, the least of all. “We had some test items on the race car and it doesn’t seem to have done what we wanted. I lost a few laps because of that,”He explained Verstappen.
Second training but it went well in his eyes. “But we still need to understand some things.“Above all gume they took care of the teams headachesbecause it was with them on the rough asphalt of the track in Bahrain difficult to manage. “There were big differences from round to round. This asphalt is very aggressive to tires,” he says Dutchman. Because of this, at Red Bullu they didn’t want to focus entirely on qualifications, nor did they yet find the ideal setting. “It’s never perfect to be honest. You can always find something that is better. We are still missing a little."
