Laurent Mekies Stands by Red Bull's decision
"It was clear that after qualifying we were not happy with the balance of the car, to put it mildly. And although we knew it wouldn’t be pleasant for Max to drive this car, we thought that in this way he could still achieve a better result than if we had started from the pit lane."
"We accept that Max had a different idea, and he is the one driving the car. But I'm not sure that third place would have been possible if we had started from the pit lane."
Mekies acknowledged that Red Bull must get to the bottom of the (various) problems with the rear wing that caused Verstappen’s crashes at Silverstone and a week earlier in Austria
"We absolutely have to make sure this never happens again."
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max about the prep for NLS2: ''i think thursday evening we'll be headed there, because of course testing is on friday. we'll have some things to try and of course for myself to get up to speed with the car.
and then just gain some experience during that race, trying to get the car into the best window possible for the 24hour race. that's what it's all about.''
max about qualifying with these new regs: “i’m not having a good time at all. like i said, i don't care where i qualify. whether that had been in the front or where i’m at now. in terms of emotion and feeling, it is completely empty.”
“i have no emotion. it’s completely empty.”
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Clear has joined @redbullracing... No not engineer Jock but the shampoo, which is famously associated with @cristiano, and has now become RBR's official haircare partner. The Unilever brand was previously involved with Team Enstone in the Lotus days back in 2012. We're told that "intense sweating and prolonged helmet wear can cause discomfort and disrupt focus," and that Clear's "advanced scalp technology is designed to eliminate performance-impacting factors on and off the track." So @Max33Verstappen should be even faster now!
max talking about his discomfort in the car: “it’s been anything but comfortable in the car these past few years. my back is falling apart, and my feet hurt every weekend. i think if you were to do a scan, it wouldn't look good.”
pardon?????!!
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