Max Verstappen warns that Monza will be even tougher for Honda

Red Bull star Max Verstappen has warned that Red Bull may struggle more next week at Monza than this week at Spa as the Honda engine is still playing catch up with the Mercedes and Ferrari equivalents.

The Dutchman has taken two wins this season for Red Bull, the first victories with a Honda engine since Jenson Button more than a decade ago, but he has warned that the next two races, including Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, will not be so easy for them.

Verstappen will start fifth for this afternoon's Belgian Grand Prix, but believes the long straights of Monza will make it difficult for him.

He told Algemeen Dagblad newspaper: "This circuit is already hard on the engine - you can see that from all the broken ones.

"Then if you can't drive at full power, it's only worse. But I just have to accept that this circuit is not one we can handle too well. And it definitely won't get better at Monza."