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VERSTAPPEN: I knew after the first race that there would be nothing out of it

The driver of team Red Bull, max Verstappen explains when he lost faith in possibly winning the title in this year 's Formula 1 season.

Since the race GP of Turkey it is clear that Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 world champion in 2020 and that he must Max Verstappen continue to wait for your first address. He has been a Dutchman since Imole forward out of the game, but now he says it was clear to him much earlier that the 2020 season would not be his.

When asked in more detail when he knew he would not be a serious candidate for the title this year, he is Verstappen fired an angle from a cannon: "In the first race.And what is the justification? “I think it was pretty clear at the time that we were too far behind.“Spoken in numbers, that means he had Verstappen in the first qualifiers of this season exactly 0,538 seconds lag for Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes that is on GP of Austria won pole position. “Why such a big backlog? I do not know. We would have changed that a long time ago if we had known."It simply came to our notice then Red Bull Racing in Honda. "They all work very hard, no doubt. And we must continue to catch up. However, it is very difficult to name the reasons for the delay," so Verstappen.

It was already clear to Verstappn after the first race of the season, the Austrian Grand Prix, that there would be nothing with the title of champion this year, as the gap behind Mercedes was too big - Photo: HB Press

However, his team in view technical development stays on the ball and is in Turkey re-testing something new that was supposed to be definitely positive, she says Dutchman, who did not want to go into details. However, from Red Bullof these the update is highly anticipated. “I want to see how these updates work here, on a track we know well from the past. I'm sure he'll be fine.“Everything else is not so important. Will be at the end of the season second or third, this plays no role for him. His philosophy for the last three races it reads: “I just want a good result. If it means you’re at the end of third overall, but you’ve had some positive races, then I’ll be happy with that,He added Max.          

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