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Max Verstappen: Purple Bull is “not the place I need it to be” in Jeddah
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Max Verstappen: Purple Bull is “not the place I need it to be” in Jeddah

Motorsports April 18, 2025
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Purple Bull could have discovered a “higher” feeling on one-lap tempo in observe for the Components 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, however notes general efficiency on the lengthy runs continues to be “not the place I need it to be”.

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The four-time world champion got here third in FP2 after ending solely ninth in FP1, and was simply over 1 / 4 of a second behind the McLarens within the second session along with his run on the tender tyre.

It was anticipated, as a result of smoother observe floor and decrease degradation ranges, that Purple Bull can be much less hamstrung by its troublesome RB21 on tyre administration over the course of the race-style runs.

However the Dutchman famous that the longer stints had been nonetheless “very powerful”, amid the staff’s explorations of various set-ups throughout the 2 Friday classes.

“We tried some various things with the automotive, looking for perhaps a special route with it, and I feel we realized lots from it,” he stated.

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“It is nonetheless not the place I need it to be; personally I do not actually have a look at the gaps and I feel on the finish of the day you must simply go from your personal feeling and what you’re feeling within the automotive over one lap, and it is a bit higher. However within the lengthy runs, they had been very powerful for us.”

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Verstappen expects Purple Bull to enhance in a single day and famous that ’s benefit over different groups was nonetheless massive, as Lando Norris’ chart-topping FP2 time of a 1m28.267s was 0.28s faster than the world champion.

His Purple Bull team-mate was not far-off on final tempo earlier than crashing throughout the closing levels of FP2, having clipped the wall on the ultimate nook.

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“It is a completely different [feeling to Bahrain] as a result of it is a completely different observe and grip ranges are completely different, but additionally the set-up is totally completely different, so it is very arduous to match,” added Verstappen.

“I feel one standout is after all once more McLaren being very aggressive, however from our aspect there’s nonetheless fairly a bit of labor to do and issues to grasp.”

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