Verstappen: "We'll see during Q3 in Bahrain"

Max Verstappen is a satisfied man after the morning session of the third day of testing. The Red Bull Racing driver came to a second time and 59 laps. Major problems remained out of the RB18 and so Verstappen has nothing to complain about. Although, there were a lot of red flags after all.

The Dutchman was not able to complete his entire program because the session was stopped at least five times in the morning. However, that does not take away from the fact that everything worked well and the new car felt good, Verstappen said in conversation with Motorsport.com.

Verstappen not looking at rankings

George Russell in his Mercedes was the fastest man of the day with a 1:19.233. He was about half a second faster than Verstappen, but the reigning world champion doesn't place much value on that."I'm not really paying attention to the lap times yet. We'll see during Q3 in Bahrain." Moreover, Russell drove on the C5 compound, while Max recorded his fastest time with the harder C3 tire.

For Verstappen, the first week of testing is over. Friday afternoon Sergio Perez will be in action for four hours. He will do so on a wet track, because in Barcelona they will test with the new rain tires.