Max Verstappen described his pole place on the Italian Grand Prix as a serious consequence for Purple Bull, given the crew’s battle on the identical venue final yr.
Purple Bull entered the Italian Grand Prix weekend and Verstappen was comfortably main the championship, however the Dutchman certified for the seventh time, 0.7 seconds away from pole place as he completed sixth in sixth and completed greater than half-hour to race winner Charles Leclair. This time after successful pole on the quickest lap in Formulation 1 historical past, Verstappen says he reveals clear progress in comparison with final yr’s battle.
“That was good,” Verstappen mentioned. “It is all the time exhausting round right here, it is easy to drop and make errors with braking and entry.
“Getting a pole here’s a large deal. Particularly final yr, not a big catastrophe. This yr is a lot better and I am completely satisfied to start out with.”
- Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Report
Verstappen says that among the progress is the results of the event of the Purple Bull Automobile itself, nevertheless it’s not the one side of enhancing as he warns that Race Tempo does not all the time comply with robust qualifying performances.
“I feel we’re enhancing our vehicles, however we discovered a greater manner within the setup,” he mentioned. “We nonetheless want to grasp extra why it does not truly translate in races. I had a reasonably respectable feeling at Zandvoort, however that wasn’t actually good in races.
“So I am sitting right here and I feel tomorrow is nice by way of competitiveness with McLaren. It reveals that you would be able to be in entrance of your entire season, sure, generally in qualifying, however in races it is very troublesome to maneuver on, generally it is exhausting to go.
“We are able to race right here, and we hope that will probably be a troublesome battle, however we’re taking a step ahead, and that is precisely what we need to do.
