News Details

Verstappen admits Mercedes ‘stronger' at Portimao

May 1 Mercedes has come out of the blocks at Portimao with a slightly 'stronger' car, Max Verstappen has admitted. 'We still have to improve a bit to go for pole,' the Red Bull driver, who is a single point behind Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton after the first two races, told Ziggo Sport. 'The Mercedes generally looks a bit easier to drive and Lewis did not have a top lap. Neither did we, but we still have some work to do. 'It's a bit like last year, when Mercedes was also stronger,' Verstappen added. 'This circuit will not suit us very well. Our car may be a bit more sensitive.' Verstappen admits he does not enjoy driving his Red Bull on the now notoriously slippery Portimao circuit. 'When a...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Horner: Strong result in Portimao bodes well for us

Lewis Hamilton won last year's Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position,...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Portimao FP1: Bottas tops razor tight session from...

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas topped the timing sheets during a tight...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Portimao gets second DRS zone for 2021 F1 round

A second DRS zone has been added to Portimao, while the existing zone has...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Track limits to be monitored at three Portimao corners

Formula 1 drivers will have their lap times deleted if they exceed track...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pedro Acosta reveals how ‘disaster’ Saturday...

Pedro Acosta revealed “KTM is improving in every race” after taking...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez: ‘Not normal to win every weekend’...

Marc Marquez admits “it’s not normal to win every weekend” despite...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“I’ve been saying the last two years' - Pundit...

Former Premier League player turned pundit Danny Simpson believes...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Kiwior linked with Porto, Berta's loan + obligation...

Morning. I know there's probably a cut-off point when it comes to Eberechi...
6h ago from Arseblog.com

'He needs to liven up' - Rio Ferdinand offers advice...

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has advised Altay Bayindir to liven...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Concrete negotiations: Arsenal involved in talks to...

According to journalist Florian Plettenberg, Arsenal have stepped up their...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.