Max Verstappen experienced on Thursday is not the ideal morning on the second day of the Formula 1 wintertests in Barcelona, spain. The Red Bull racing driver was nonetheless pleased with the progress his team is making with the new RB16.
In the first hour of the day, the Dutchman is not on the road, because the road was still wet. The Red Bull of the Stumbling was just filled with all sorts of equipment, but there were no intermediatebanden in the car for a few laps around the making.
"We can, however, take the measurements in the I, but wanted to make the team," said the 22-year-old Stumbling after the end of the morning at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The equipment was primarily installed because there are new elements to the RB16, were installed. "Therefore, we wanted to make aerodynamic tests to get the data is to be obtained. Ultimately, it was successful, despite the fact that it's not the ideal morning," said the Dutchman, who will be in the morning, and up to 31 rounds to come.
The car to Max Verstappen, with the measuring device. (Photo: NU.nl).
'overall, I am very, very happy" < / p> Stumbling and found it to be too bad and that it was a wet morning, and less so in action it could come out as hoped for. "If we had, I think, about forty or fifty rounds to be able to do it. It was very windy, and all of the cars have had a very difficult time. There are still a few things to improve on, but overall, I'm very, very happy. Everything seems to be working fine. We are with you every day."After the sun, at around 11.00 pm, it was broken up, came Stumbling back to the asphalt road, although it was not of long duration: at turn 5 and spun off the Red Bull, and he ended up backwards in the gravel.
The driver put his hand in his own bosom: "I have a onboardbeelden just like. "I started to think I was, a wet white line on the outside of the track. So I used a little too much on the road. I had the wet end is not seen," he said.
Verstappen picks up the gravel from the koelopeningen are just gespinde of Red Bull. (Photo: NU.nl).
Verstappen makes gespinde Red Bull to clean < / p> Verstappen got out of it, and started to advance with the cleaning of the car, while waiting for the kraanwagentje the Red Bull out of the gravel would be released. "It will take some time to have the car back in the garage. If I can already do that, all we need to do it less and less stones to get to the car in the pit box is. Since we save on back-to-date."at the Time, it is also the second week of my precious, mentioned the Person, that it is not the purpose of it is to make as much as possible, to go round in circles. For the really long runs are not done. "They are kind of boring," said Verstappen. "It is no longer necessary. We know that it is okay with the car and the engine."
The Red Bull driver to fill his time with "things to try", as he calls it. There are a variety of adjustments, tested it, and it will appear as Thursday, the new parts are on the car. As a result, the RB16 and more in the pit box than it did last week.
"It's sometimes hard to know what to change on the car. That is quite complex and can often not be easy to" put Stumbling forward. "That's why you see us less and less on the road."
as of Friday, the last day of the wintertests in Barcelona, and is Stumbling in the afternoon and again in the campaign. On the 15th of march will be the first Grand Prix of the season will take place in Australia.
Date Of Update: 27 February 2020, 15:00
