Max Verstappen said the Monaco street circuit exposed the weaknesses of his Red Bull car after his run of eight consecutive pole positions came to an end on Saturday with a sixth-place grid slot for Sunday's grand prix.
MONACO -- Max Verstappen said the Monaco street circuit exposed the weaknesses of his Red Bull car after his run of eight consecutive pole positions came to an end on Saturday with a sixth-place grid slot for Sunday's grand prix.
"We really tried to optimise it but at one point when you're stuck with that... you can see in the second sector of the lap we are so bad, just because I can't touch any kerbs as it just upsets the car too much. We just lose a lot of lap time and it's incredibly difficult. Max Verstappen matched Ayrton Senna's qualifying record of eight in succession last week at Imola, but the steak has now come to an end. Verstappen said the problem is not new to this year's car, but when his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez won in Monaco in 2022 and when he won the race last year, rival teams like Ferrari and McLaren were not close enough to expose the problem.
"But with everyone catching up naturally when you're not improving your weakest point you get found out and that's what happened this weekend."
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