SaudiArabianGP race week is here, and Max Verstappen is expecting a Ferrari fightback around a circuit with different characteristics than Bahrain... F1
Max Verstappen can foresee the high-speed Jeddah track, which causes less tyre degradation than Bahrain, being a stronger battleground for Ferrari.
That distant P3 spot was looking like going to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, but a power unit failure would see him drop out of the race, Ferrari’s old wounds seemingly not healed.But, a gain which Ferrari do appear to have made with the SF-23 is when it comes to straight-line speed, which Verstappen points out is a great asset to have at the high-speed Jeddah Corniche Circuit, the next stop for Formula 1.
“So even like I said before, on Friday, I was unhappy with the one-lap performance, my long runs were still okay. So not really surprised. I’m just of course, happy that it worked out like this. “But time will tell. I mean, it’s really hard to know, we’ve only really driven these cars here in Bahrain, so we just have to wait and see. We will of course, try and get there in the best shape possible, and then we’ll find out throughout practice where we are exactly.”
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