Both Red Bull drivers are hoping the hot temperatures can bring them back into play in the race at the British Grand Prix after a difficult qualifying left them fifth and sixth.
With engine power proving very decisive to performance around Silverstone, with so many high-speed corners and elongated straights due to some turns now being flat out, Max Verstappen predicted it was over a second that he was losing to the Mercedes’ and Ferrari’s ahead.
Even a great lap in Q3 saw him eight-tenths off pole in P5 but the Dutchman is happy with the performance of the chassis.
“The car felt really good in qualifying, especially in Q3, we made some little adjustments to the front wing,” he revealed.
“The car is strong, we all know that, and for tomorrow it’s going to be a bit warmer but I still think it’s going to be a bit of a struggle compared to the guys ahead.”
Explaining why he added: “We have to push harder on our tyres and with the heat it’s not ideal but let’s see.
“Most of the time when we said it’s going to be a boring race we actually got a very entertaining race, so I hope the same for tomorrow.”
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Teammate Daniel Ricciardo was four-tenths down on Verstappen, mostly due to losing DRS on the Wellington Straight, still, his lap was enough to beat the Haas cars into P6 and the Australian claims the plan has been worked out for a multi-stop race.
“I’m really optimistic that’s it not going to be a one-stop boring race, I think it’s going to be hotter tomorrow from what I understand. Hopefully a two stop works,” he said.
“We chose to save a new set of softs in Q2 if we need to use them in the race.
“We’re planning a little bit in advance for tomorrow, we kind of knew in qualifying we were going to be fifth and sixth as a team, so we’ll try to make the most of the race.”
