Max Verstappen makes Red Bull ‘limitation’ admission despite impressive win

Max Versꦆtappen says Red Bull still need to improve to enable him to contend f🌟or the F1 2025 world title.

Max Verstappen celebrates his first win of 2025
Max Verstappen celebrates his first win of 2025

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen says Red Bull “need more” if they are to fight for the F1 world championship in 2025.

The four-time world champion fended off a race-long challenge from the McLarens of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri to claim an impressive first victory o🗹❀f the season at the Japanese Grand Prix.

After taking pole position with an incredible lap on Saturday, Verstappen brilliantly controlled the race t⭕o beat Norris by 1.4 seconds and secure a fourth successive win at Suzuka.

The result has seen Verstappen move to within a point of Norris at the top of the 1🍎68澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 world championship standings.

Despite closing in on his title rival, Verstapওpen admitted Red🍸 Bull still have issues they need to get on top of.

“We still have wo🐼rk to do, we still have limit༒ations,” Verstappen told Sky.

“But knowing the limitations, you try to find the limit of how much to push it♉. We will just try to maximise everything that weౠ have.

“But to fight for the title, we need more.”

Speaking in the post-race press conference, Verstappen added: “It was very hard to pass around here. Bahrain—completely different track, very tough on tyres, tyres overheating as we꧅ll.

“We still have work to do. But it does show that if we really nail everything, we can be up there. But from our side, we want to be bet𓄧ter than just sometimes being up there. So we just keep working hard and just see where we can be at in Bahrain already.

“Hopefully we keep on improving the car wit𝐆h the through corner balance, and then hopefully it unlocks also jusꦏt in general a bit more pace.”

On Red Bull’s hopes of curing the🐠ir current limitations, Verstappen said: “I think we know our limitations.

“So we just have to try and run against that limitation as much as we can. But yeah, it's still not fixed. So ꩵthis is🍨 hopefully going to be fixed soon, but I cannot give you a timeline on that.

“It's just about trying to find that l🙈imit, which is really sensitive for us at the moment.”

Drivers’ title the focus for Red Bull

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner confirmed his sid൲e are putting most of their focus on Verstappen’s bid to win a fifth stra𒐪ight world title.

"Our priority is the drivers' championship. The constructors' will be harder but it is a long year🌼 and you never give up," Horner told Sky Sports.

"It is a marathon and things can change. ꧃It is all ab♒out maximising your opportunities and we have done that this weekend.

"That was one of Max's best weekends. Max, without any debate, is the best driver in the world currently, but ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚyou are a team, not a driver. Winning is a real tonic."

Red Bull lie third in the const𓆏ructors’ champioꦚnship, 50 points behind reigning world champions McLaren. 

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