Max Verstappen: “Mercedes still strong but we are behind them”

Sixth time for Max Verstappen, behind his boxmate Ricciardo, at the end of the first day of Free of the Brazilian GP. The pilot Red Bull overall he said he was satisfied and looks forward to Saturday for a more precise assessment of his own performance and that of his rivals.

These are the words of the young Max at the end of the day: “This first day didn't go badly: Free Practice 1 went well while in the second session we made some small changes even if the result wasn't the best. We then returned to the previous setup for the long runs, and it went better. There Mercedes However, it is still obviously strong, but we are behind them."

“This is a heavy circuit for the tyres, a little more for the softs, but in general it went well, as we expected,” added the Dutch driver. “I don't know yet if we will be able to qualify with the mediums, we will have to wait until tomorrow but in terms of pace we are all very close anyway. There Williams? Not bad, we'll see,” she concluded Verstappen.