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Verstappen on updates in Imola: 'No idea where we stand'

16 May at 17:30
  • Corwin Kunst

Max Verstappen already received the necessary updates on his RB20 in Japan, but heading to Imola, Red Bull Racing are also taking some new parts. According to the Red Bull Racing driver, it is a step forward, although again, no miracles should be expected.

"There are more people coming with upgrades. I saw Ferrari, for example, they come with a big, big upgrade, so at the moment it's very difficult to know where we're going to be," the Dutchman told GPblog and others ahead of the weekend. What will the pecking order look like in Imola? "We are coming with upgrades, so at the moment it's quite unknown."

Red Bull does not respond to competition

In terms of updates, Red Bull pulls its own plan and does not react to what other teams do. "These things are already planned out for a long time. It's not like one team comes with upgrades, we're like, well, we need to put something together. It's literally already in the pipeline. We are happy with it, but of course naturally you have to keep on pushing, because the teams behind us, they are definitely catching up."

The weekend in Miami again made that clear. Red Bull struggled slightly on Sunday and suddenly there was Lando Norris claiming his first F1 victory. "When we don't get things 100% right, they are ahead, and we have to try and make sure that we don't have too many of those weekends," Verstappen concluded.