Max Verstappen is refusing to consider this 12 months’s F1 world championship, adopting the strategy of taking it “race by race” following the Monaco Grand Prix.
Verstappen completed fourth in Sunday’s race in Monte Carlo, 20.5s behind race winner Lando Norris.
The Dutchman led the race till the tip of Lap 77 earlier than making his second obligatory pit cease.
Purple Bull’s low-speed nook weak spot meant that Verstappen couldn’t problem McLaren or Ferrari in qualifying.
Purple Bull then went lengthy with Verstappen, retaining him out till the tip of the penultimate lap in case of a pink flag or Security Automobile.
Verstappen is now 25 factors behind championship chief Oscar Piastri forward of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
The Barcelona circuit will probably swimsuit Purple Bull, given its lack of low-speed corners.
When requested concerning the title race, Verstappen dismissed any speak about it after Monaco.
“Nicely, truthfully, I don’t actually take into consideration the championship. I simply need to go race by race,” Verstappen stated as quoted by RN365.
“After all, some tracks, you could be a bit extra aggressive, and a few you’ll wrestle a bit extra. And I feel it was clear that, once more, in Monaco, we struggled.
“However truthfully, yearly we’ve struggled right here with this new technology of automobiles. Solely in ’23 we had a large tempo benefit, and then you definitely nonetheless win the race. However all the opposite years for me, personally, have at all times been a giant wrestle.”
Verstappen: “We all know our limitations”
Whereas Verstappen isn’t normally completely satisfied to overlook out on a podium, he felt Purple Bull extracted essentially the most from their bundle given their present “limitations”.
Purple Bull have excelled at tracks made up of high-speed corners, taking wins in Japan and Imola.
“I feel contemplating our tempo the entire weekend, we did a superb job,” Verstappen added.
“However yeah, I feel as a staff, in fact, we’re by no means proud of P4. However we even have to just accept [it] after we know our limitations with the automotive.”
