Max Verstappen doesn’t think Red Bull’s pace in second practice at the F1 Monaco Grand Pri✱x was truly representative after a 🎐number of unsuccessful setup changes.

Verstappen ended FP2 in Monte Carlo 10th-fastest, 0.713s off Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

Red Bull have๊ struggled on street circuits in recent years, with Verstappen finishing sixth🐬 in last year’s Monaco Grand Prix.

However, their FP1 pace looked more promising as V🐭erstappen ended😼 up second-fastest behind Leclerc.

ওSpeaking after the session, Verstappen revealed that Red Bull made several setup tweaks, which didn’t have a positive effect.

“It was quite positive but then 🌞we made some changes for FP2 to see how far basically we could push the balance and I think we just overdid it a little bit𒁃,” Verstappen said.

“So I just couldn’t really attack the corners an🎶ymore how I would like and then you’re just like shedding a lot of pace and the lap time was basically not coming out of it.

“I don’t expect us to be the quickest, but we want to be a lot closer than what we were in FP2🍎. I’m also quite confident that we can be a lot close𒊎r.”

“Ferrari again looks very, very fast. The McLarens were quite close behind b𒊎ut if you see over the whole season tꦺhe pace, I think Ferrari again took a big step forward here.”

Verstappen rues Monaco traffic

It was a busy sess🦩ion for the drivers in terms of traffic.

In FP1, Leclerc ran into the back of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll at the hairpin, resultinꦇg in damage for𓄧 both cars.

St🐽roll picked up a one-place gri🅘d penalty as a result.

Verstappen had a number of near misses throughou🌼t the day, nearly clatteriꦉng into Gabriel Bortoleto.

The four-time world champion admitted there “could have been quit♐e a big crash”.

“Monaco is al🎉ways quite tricky with traffic, but I think two times today it was quite dangerous, I would say, in FP1 and t𓆏hen one time in FP2,” Verstappen added. “Which is not ideal.

“I know it’s practice, but it could have been quite a big crash if you✃ don’t back out of it quickly, if you didn’t read the situation, but luckily everything went well.”