Max Verstappen says Purple Bull are discovering it tough to work out the place they’ve gone incorrect with their automotive through the 2024 season.
Purple Bull loved a major efficiency benefit over their rivals within the opening rounds of the championship however McLaren quickly closed the hole and Mercedes emerged as one other risk earlier than the summer season break.
Verstappen admitted his automotive’s steadiness has deteriorated for the reason that season started because the group has tried to extract extra efficiency from its RB20.
“It wasn’t there within the first few races,” stated Verstappen after ending a distant second to McLaren’s Lando Norris final weekend. “However one thing within the automotive has made it harder to drive.
“It’s very laborious to pinpoint the place that’s coming from in the intervening time. And that’s then hurting our one-lap efficiency, but additionally our long term.”
McLaren and Mercedes have gained the entire final 5 races, leading to Verstappen’s longest win-less stretch for the reason that finish of 2020.
“That occurs,” he stated. “I’ve had a whole lot of good years. Some individuals have by no means gained a race of their profession, so you can too have a look at it like that.
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“From my aspect, we in the intervening time don’t have the quickest automotive. Now we have some points that we have now to unravel and we’re engaged on that. That’s the one factor I can say about that.
“We’re very centered on it. There’s nonetheless a whole lot of races left, a whole lot of completely different sorts of tracks. This weekend was simply not our greatest weekend.”
Verstappen expects a a lot more durable race at Monza this weekend than final 12 months, when he scored a record-breaking tenth consecutive victory. He stated the resurfacing finished on the observe since then makes it tougher to foretell how aggressive they are going to be.
“We simply want to determine our steadiness points,” he stated. “I believe that can already assist loads additionally with [tyre degradation].
“In fact, in Monza, loads is new. Tarmac, kerbs, even the structure in flip one-two. So additionally that we have to perceive a bit extra, however we all know that we have now fairly a bit of labor to do.”
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