Imola’s is making progress with its 2025 System 1 automotive, however would not consider the crew’s kind will carry over to .
Verstappen was pipped to pole final weekend in Italy, however handed polesitter firstly earlier than comfortably controlling the race. Beneath him was a Purple Bull that was a lot stronger on tyre administration than it had been beforehand, whereas the McLarens appeared much less spectacular than anticipated.
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Imola noticed the , with its ordinary C5 tyre designated as a medium and subsequently used within the race. That tyre allocation stays in place for Monaco’s tight and twisty road circuit, the place tyre put on shall be much less of a limiting issue.
However Verstappen warns that Purple Bull nonetheless is not absolutely on high of , that are plentiful across the Principality. The shortage of high-speed corners, he fears, will give a leg up on the competitors.
“Imola has given us some good concepts about what we’d like from the automotive, however right here it is a very totally different observe. You’ll be able to’t set the automotive up such as you did in Imola as a result of it could bounce in all places,” Verstappen advised Dutch-language media on Thursday, together with Motorsport.com.
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“This observe remains to be not optimum for us. I believe everyone knows that. You’ll be able to see this season that we may be aggressive each time we go to tracks with high-speed corners, however the remainder is tougher. In case you have a look at Imola, you may nonetheless see that the slowest corners weren’t our strongest on that observe. We all know that this observe is not for our automotive and that’s nonetheless the identical.”
Purple Bull’s weak point over bumps and kerbs was notably obvious in Monaco final 12 months, with Verstappen solely managing sixth on the grid behind automobiles from three totally different groups, and ending a processional race in the identical place.
Now, he says he would not really feel that Purple Bull made vital strides in addressing the problems over the winter break.
“To be sincere, it hasn’t felt too totally different up to now in comparison with final 12 months,” Verstappen stated about the important thing Purple Bull weak point.
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“However in fact, we’re nonetheless looking for some issues with the setup as properly, to make the automotive a minimum of a bit extra driveable on tracks like this.
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“In the meanwhile, it is arduous to say. We have to wait and see how we begin the weekend tomorrow, together with the sensation within the automotive. However like I stated, it gained’t be straightforward, that is for positive.”
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