“I didn’t expect it to be like this“: reacted Dutchman Max Verstappen at a press conference.
The reigning world champion is also returning to victory after an abandonment in Melbourne two weeks ago. “Melbourne hasn’t been great for us. And the start of the season in general hasn’t been amazing, so we needed a good weekend. I didn’t expect it to be like this. When you have a weekend like this at the end of the day, it’s something incredible: to be first and second for the team, but also to register maximum points. We saw already yesterday in the sprint race that we had a good pace in the car and we could manage our tires quite well. So a very positive weekend“.
After reliability concerns at the start of the season, has the Austrian team definitely started its season? “It’s all in the details. You always have to make sure you have good balance in the car and you can have the fastest car but if you have bad balance it doesn’t work. So we have to be careful with the tyres, that sort of thing is crucial with these new cars. And Miami (May 8, editor’s note), once again, will be a big question mark.“
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