Max Verstappen has “unfinished business” to resolve
Max Verstappen faces the final part of the season with a car that, apparently Baku and Sepanghas taken a definitive step forward so that the Dutchman is a constant candidate for victories in the seven races that remain until the end of the year, starting this weekend in Singapore.
The four-time world champion He achieved his 72nd victory in F1 in Sepang last Sunday, but however, he has never won in Singapore. He wants to end that bad streak starting this weekend on a twisty track between walls in which he has achieved three second positions, as he achieved in the last two editions of 2025 and 2024, and also a third place.
In this sense, he admits that he has “pending accounts” to resolve with this track, this time with a car that does perform well in slow corners, but with which he admits that it will continue to be difficult for him to get on the curbs.
The evolution presented by Red Bull in Baku represented a huge leap forward, definitive for Max to fight for victories. In Azerbaijan, only an engine problem prevented him from qualifying where he should, but in the race he showed great pace and was able to rise from 8th on the grid to second place in the final.
And in Sepang he destroyed the Mercedes, yes, on a very particular track, with very damaged asphaltwhich could have given an unrepresentative image. Red Bull will seek to confirm that leap in a circuit as different as Singapore with a Max that always grows between walls.
“I think in recent years we have always been bad at low speed corners and at going over curbs and potholes. This car is probably more competitive in low speed corners, but we still have problems with potholes and curbs. We know it and, of course, I still have pending issues here,” Verstappen commented at a press conference in Singapore.
This car is probably more competitive in low speed corners, but we still have problems with potholes and curbs. I hope that this year we can be a little more competitive here
“Every year I come back here and try to win. I hope that this year we can be a little more competitive than in recent years,” said Verstappen, who highlighted the difficulty of finding the perfect settings in the car with only one free practice session due to the sprint format.
“It is always a frenetic weekend, being a sprint, to make the right decisions. The most important thing is to find a good balance with the car from the beginning. That will help a lot during the rest of the weekend,” he argued.
