Max Verstappen delivers “very tricky” verdict as McLaren lead 1-2 in Belgian GP practice

Max Verstappen reflects on a "very tricky" day for Red Bul🐈l at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB20. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps,
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB20. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has conceded it’s been “very tricky to find the right balance” after trailing both McLarens in Friday F1 practice at the Belgian Grand Prix.

McLaren headed a 1-2 in FP2 at Spa-Francorchamps with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris 0.2s clear of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.

It was an impressive turn of performance from McLaren, at a circuit they struggled at in d✅ry conditions 12 months ago.

Red Bull looked dominant in first practice after Verstappen s✃et the pace by 0.🌞5s.

Reflecting on the day’s running, h🥀e said: “We tried quite a few things because it’s typically Spa. You have the sector one, sector three, where you want the top speed but a long middle sector where you want the coﷺrner speed.

“Very tricky to find the right balance. We’re trying a few things to see what’s better. Will look at it now, analyse it. We star෴ted off 🦩quite positive today.

“Second practice wasn’t as good. We have a few things to look at with all the changes that we made as well.🐽”

Verstappen’s task will be made significantly more ꦛdifficult as he serves a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB20. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps,
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB20. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand…

Unsurℱprisingly, Verstappen has hisꦛ eyes set on the race in terms of any changes.

“Hopefully we c💞an all put it together for the race especialꦫly because I have to start a bit back with the penalty for the engine.” he added. “Try to optimise.

“Naturally, of course, you always want a good qualifying but the most important is the race so that’s what we will focu🅘s on.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez was off the pace, 1.1s off Verstappen.

Giving his view on the day, he said: “We’ve been playing around [with the setup]. We’ve been d♏oing some stuff with♛ it. We just haven’t been able to fully extract everything out of it.

“I think we go𓆉t plenty of information. Both cars were quite different so I think we’ve got a lot to go through for tomorrow.

“Although the tarmac is quite different the degradation seems quite ex𒐪treme.”

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