Verstappen claims it's easy to jump in the 2026 cars: his teammate isn't so sure

Speaking to the BBC, the four-time world champion said that Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda's ability to adapt to different cars following Isack Hadjar's injury and the temporary switch at Red Bull shows how simple the current F1 cars are.

The Dutchman commented: "No disrespect. And I hope no-one picks up on this. But look at Yuki. He jumps in the car. Never driven the car before. Immediately competitive. Liam jumps from the Racing Bulls to the Red Bull, immediately competitive. It's because these cars are numb to your driver inputs.

Lawson was asked about his current teammate's thoughts in Madrid. He told GPblog, among others: "I don't know. I mean, it's something that the cars in general, they're not simpler because they're actually quite complicated at least the way the energy is.

The New Zealander then added that the gap between the teams could help drivers get more up to speed, but he still has things to adapt to.

He explained: "There're many things that I have personally in my own car that are something that I've got used to over the last year and a half that I can't just go and apply in a car like this.