With ten races left on the formula 1 calendar, Max Verstappen is heading Towards a Season final with limited opportunities. The Gap to the McLarens, in particular, is significant. However, Red Bull Has Not Given Up On Developing the Disappointing Car.
“We still have the same problems,” Were Verstappen’s Counts Words After the First Two Free Practice Sessions in Zandvoort on Friday. He Clocked the Sixth and Fifth Fastest Times, at Least Half A Second Beind Lando Norris’ Superior McLaren.
“We’ve tried many things with the car, but that Doessn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’T the Underlying Problems. We’ll see if we can find something Tonight, But I Don’t expect a Major Turnaround. And the Layout of the Circuit Doessn’s Probling the Probling.”
Is there Nothing More Red Bull Can Do For Verstappen in the Last Ten Races? Catching up with McLaren Will Be Difficult, But According to Chief Engineer Paul Monaghan, The Team is Doing Everything It Can To Make Verstappen Feel More Comfortable in the Car.
Therefore, Development is still ongoing in principle. The RB21 Has Slightly Larger Flaps on its Front Wing This Weekend for More Downforce At The Front. “It’s not much different from what we were running in Hungary. They are just a little bigger because we had the time to do it now,” Monaghan Explained in Zandvoort on Friday. “We are still looking for more balance.”
Balance Problems Cause Nervousness in the Car
The British Engineer Elaborated on the Underlying Problems Verstappen Mentioned. The Balance Between Grip, Rear Grip, and ‘Neutral’ Varies a Lot in a Corner. This can cause a certain nervousness in the Car That Prevents Verstappen and his Teammate Yuki Tsunoda from Confidently Entering and Exiting a Corner.
“We are trying to reduce the range of balance variations, so there isn’t as much variation between the corner, in the corner, and exiting,” monaghan explained. “So if our development works and we see a weakness in that, we try to reduce that range.”
In Silverstone, the search for the right balance, so far that Verstappen Almost Ran with a front wing as Large as you normally see in Monaco and a Rear Wing Suitable for the High-Speed Circuit of Monza. That was to ate eliminate the understeer. The Red Bull Slides Away With Understeer Over The Front Wheels, and it is Known That Verstappen is not happy with that.
‘Big Steps’ Yield Relatively Little
In Zandvoort, The Front Wing is even more extreme. Red Bull is Still Looking for Further Solutions to the Balance Problems. “And really, we have made great strides in that,” Monaghan Stated. “But it is the lap time relative to the competition that ultimately makes the differentence.” In Short, The Red Bull, Getting Faster Throughhout is The Season, But The Cars Around Verstappen Are also Developing.
On some circuits, it seems as if they are just doy so faster than red bull. Before the Summer Break, Verstappen’s Team, For Example, Disappointed Greatly at the Hungaroring. Competing for the stage was not equally close.
“We have a better idea we were too slow in budapest, but unfortunately, we can go back to proof it to perurselves. But we have found an explanation that fits within all the circumstances. So we are trying not to do that again.”
2026 is coming: ‘It’s up to us how long we continuously’
The Big Problem for Red Bull is that 2026 is also coming, with completely new cars. And altheghie findings are Certainly useful for next year, Accordance to Monaghan, the 2025 Cars Are Fundamentally Different.
Everything that happens now is, in principle, for ten races. The Adjustment to the Front Wing was Still Tested in The Wind Tunnel. “Other Competitors Choose Not to Do That,” Monaghan Stated. Several Teams are alreadyully focused on 2026. Red Bull is not doing that and mainly needs to get to know the current car better.
“There are no easy circuits coming up for us. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have to keep looking at the setup to try to close the gap. We are still discovering new things about the car, we are still developing, and we can continue with that until Abu Dhabi. It is up to us whether we want to. There Are Several Ways to Improve. “