168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has admitted Red Bull are “quite far off” on single-lap pace after Friday practice at the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s reigning world champion ended the first day of practice down in 17th, with teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez 19th, after enduring a difficult day in which 🌟he struggled for grip through the two hours of running.

Despite being two seconds off the pace set by Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen, unlike hi﷽s rivals, did♎ not complete a lap on the soft tyre during the qualifying simulation runs.

“It’s slippery and I think we struggled a lot with making the tyres work, over 𝕴one lap especially,” V🌸erstappen said.

“The long run started off a bit more compe♏titive but even there I think we need to fine-tune a few things. But the one-lap pace is quite far off.

“Of course it’s quite unique conditions around here and it’s very cold. But at the end of the day it’s the same for 🍰eve🅠ryone so we need to try and understand what we are doing wrong at the moment.”

The Dutchma🅰n added: “The balance of the car’s not even that wrong, I think, it’s just we have nꦕo grip. It’s like driving on ice at the moment.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said how the tyr🎉es are working amid cooler temperatures are proving to be “critical elements” in Las Vegas. 

“It’s tyres 🅺and temperatures. They’re the critiꦍcal element,” Horner explained.

“I think on the short run we just weren’t in the🍌 window with the tyre so we never really got it working.

“On the long run the car’s working okay and we’ve got s༺ome otheꦺr issues to tidy up there but they look similar to what the others are dealing with. But on the short run we just didn’t get the tyre working.”

Verstappen will clinch his fourth successive world title this weekend if he finishes ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, or does not lose more ಞthan two points to the McLaren driver.