Verstappen does not want the same in Monaco as at Imola: 'Stressful and not fun'

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Verstappen looks ahead to the Monaco Grand Prix
23 May at 14:01
Last update 23 May at 14:03
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  • Estéban den Toom

With considerable difficulty, Max Verstappen finished the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in first place ahead of McLaren driver Lando Norris. The reigning world champion had been struggling all weekend. Arriving in Monaco, Verstappen is not hoping for such a similar weekend, he explained on traditional media day.

Verstappen on the Monaco circuit

Verstappen feels that the circuit on the Mediterranean coast is not going to turn out great for Red Bull. "It's a completely different track, looking at the track layout it's probably not going to be our best track just because our car normally struggles a bit over bumps and curbs."

"I think Monaco never is very straightforward, even when you are supposed to have the best car, Monaco is a very tricky track to get everything to work and get the tyres to work in a quali lap for example. Red flags, there's always a lot of disruption and a lot of things can go right but also a lot of things can go wrong so we just need to be on it.," explained the Dutchman, who does not want another similar weekend to Imola.

Verstappen does not want another weekend like the one in Italy

"Imola started off really bad and we managed to turn it around. I wouldn't want to have a weekend like that again, it's quite stressful and not nice but we know that this is a more difficult track for us even though we have won here in the past. It’s quite complicated so we’ll see where we're at tomorrow."

This article was written in collaboration with Sophia Crothall.