Will Verstappen be able to put RB21 in 'very narrow window'? 'Hope this helps'

Updated: 10:52, 18 Apr 2025
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Max Verstappen was asked how unreachable the RB21's peak performance currently is, and whether he can replicate his Japan win this weekend in Jeddah.
"Elusive? Not accessible? I mean, it worked out quite well in Suzuka. I was still not entirely happy, but it was enough to be competitive. It’s just very hard — a very narrow window at the moment — and we have to try and improve that and find, in general, a bit more performance. But yeah, we are working on it,” the four-time world champion said at the press conference in Jeddah.

Verstappen in the dark about Red Bull's F1 car

Solving the RB21 problems in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend, Verstappen is unsure of at the moment, but not for lack of trying on the Austrian team's side. “We struggled a bit with the balance. Entry to mid-corner balance is not where I want it to be. So we’ll try to fix that and improve that. How much we can fix that here, I don’t know, but hopefully the tarmac also helps a bit with that.”

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