Sainz jokes with Verstappen: 'And Red Bull has the best reliability'

Max Verstappen is looking forward to starting the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. He will get into his car on Friday afternoon to complete the first two free practice sessions, where he will try to further close the gap to Ferrari. However, the Dutchman knows that his team will have to work hard to get this done.

The reigning world champion didn't finish his race last weekend because he had problems with the fuel supply. However, Red Bull Racing's car was also struggling in other areas. For example, according to his own account, he already had to deal with a problem with the temperature of his brakes at the beginning of the race.

"After three laps, my brakes were literally on fire," Verstappen told the press conference honestly to Motorsport-magazin.com. "There's no point in doing anything without brakes. We'll see if we can change anything already here, because it costs lap time."

Verstappen and Sainz joking with each other

In addition, Verstappen received questions from the media about who is the favorite for the weekend. To this, the Red Bull driver gave a cynical answer. "I think we all agree that Ferrari is the slowest car. It's all because of Carlos and Charles!" he stated, whereupon Sainz decided to follow up on that. "And Red Bull has the best reliability!"