F1 News: Max Verstappen Showing Hints Of Difficulty With Red Bull Car

Max isn't happy with the current cars.

Red Bull Racing driver, Max Verstappen, has admitted that he's not overly happy with his Red Bull RB19 or any of the cars on the grid. Despite its dominance on the track with the Miami Grand Prix being a real showing of its true performance, the Dutch F1 driver has highlighted an issue with the car. 

It's been no secret that these 2023 cars are difficult to follow. Thanks to DRS changes and the optimisation of downforce after the change of regulations last year, it's been very difficult to follow in the dirty air of these cars. And with this crucial to an exciting race, Verstappen has admitted that it's currently underwhelming. 

During a post-race interview after his victory in Miami, the Dutchman elaborated on his thoughts:

"I think they're a bit more stable when you're following. Like the other generation, you could have massive oversteer or understeer in high speed or low speed.

"There's nothing really drastic. I think that of course that improved. But because of the stiffness of the cars, how you have to run them, it takes a little bit of that magic away."

It was obvious from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that these cars have real issues overtaking, with the whole of Sunday's race consisting of a mere 20-odd overtakes. On the back of this, Verstappen expects the Singapore GP to be a similar tale. 

"That's when you jump back in an old car and you go out, you definitely feel the difference in how agile an old car was. But that's like early for me, early 2010, even before that, they were even lighter, right?"

He continued: 

"The wheels, the bigger wheels, they're quite a bit heavier as well. So that for me goes in the wrong direction, but I don't know what we can do about turning it around."