Max Verstappen has shrugged off his repeated Formu🐼la 1 pre-season test spins fo𒀰r Red Bull as he “thought we needed something to talk about” before heading to the 2020 opener.

The🐈 Dutch driver frequently spun off track during winter testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with repeat problems at the final chicane plus the higher speed Turns 4 and 5. Verstappen’s teammate Alex Albon was also caught out on a few occasions but it appeared to be an issue the Dutchman wrestled with throughout teﷺsting.

Despite concerns over an unstable rear-end setup with the RB16, Verstappen cooled concerns as he said he was finding the limits of the Red Bull package in the relati♛ve safe situation of testing rather than taking greater risks during a race weekend.

“I knew I was going to come here today so I thought we needed something to talk about,” Verstappen told the mediaꦯ on the final day of testing. “✨So I gave it a few spins out there.

“I think it is something that happens and I wanted to try the limits of the car as well. I think that ﷽worked pretty well by having a few spins and finding where the limit is.”

While Verstappen has been caught out by repeated spins, he feels the 2020 Red Bull F1 car isn’t a🦄 total surprise given the team’s targets 🦩to make the RB16 an evolution on its predecessor.

“We always try to imp🥃rove in every single aspect and I think so far the car has been feeling good so it is an improvement from last ye𝓀ar,” he said. “That’s what we wanted. So no real surprises there.

“For us it is about doing laps and not really looking at lap tim𝓡es in testing. Th💙e car feels good.”