168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has admitted Red Bull are “quite far off” on single-lap pace after Friday practice at the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s reigning world champion ended the first day of practice down in 17th, with teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez 19th, after enduring a difficult day❀ in which h𝓰e struggled for grip through the two hours of running.

Despite being two seconds off the pace set by Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen, unlike his rivals, did not complete a lap on the soft tyre during the qualifying simulation🐟 runs.

“It’s slippery and I think we struggled a lot with maꦛking the tyres work, over one lap especially,” Verstappen said.

“The long run started off a bit more competitiv♏e but even there I think we need 🍨to fine-tune a few things. But the one-lap pace is quite far off.

“Of course it’s quite unique conditions around here ꦿand it’s very cold. But at the end of the day it’s the same for everyone so we need to try and understand what💟 we are doing wrong at the moment.”

The Dutchman added: “The balance of the car’s not ๊even that wrong, I think, it’s just we have no grip. It’s like driving on ice at the moment.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said how the tyres are working amid cooler temperatu﷽res are proving to be “critica♑l elements” in Las Vegas. 

“It’s tyres and temperatures. They’re the criti🐼cal element,” Hornﷺer explained.

“I think on the short run we just weren’t in the window wiꦿth the tyre so we never r🅺eally got it working.

“On the long run the car💎’s working okay and we’ve got some other issues to tidy up there 🌜but they look similar to what the others are dealing with. But on the short run we just didn’t get the tyre working.”

Verstappen will clinch his fourth successive world title this weekend if he finishes ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, or does not lose more than t🌊wo points to t✱he McLaren driver.