Verstappen: "You have to accept this, but it's very difficult"

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16:45, 18 Jul 2020

Max Verstappen was on pole position here last year, but against all odds, Red Bull Racing is now experiencing one of their worst weekends in years. The balance in the car is completely off and this caused both Ferrari and Racing Point to finish ahead of Verstappen in qualifying.

Disappointment for Verstappen

"It's a disappointing qualifying of course, not at all what you want," said Verstappen in Dutch to F1TV. "It went very bad all weekend anyway. To be seventh now is of course not what we want. There's nothing you can do about that now."

The question is, of course, what's going wrong. In Austria, things weren't great either, but certainly not as bad as it is now.

"There's just no balance in the car and no grip and then you're standing there. Then you have to accept that, which is very difficult, but we are going to try to make the best of it tomorrow."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Verstappen: "You have to accept this, but it's very difficult"

Disappointment for Verstappen

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