Max Verstappen doubts Red Bull will be able to challenge for victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend, feeling Mဣercedes and Ferrari will return to their dominant⛦ form at the front of the Formula 1 field at Interlagos.

Versta✱ppen scored his secondꦯ victory of the year with a dominant display last time out in Mexico, leading all but four laps en route toඣ a comfortable win ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

The result acted as a late boost for Red Bull in a season 🍷that has seen it struggle to compete with Mercedes and Ferrari on a regular basis, having only taken wins in Monaco and Austria prior to Verstappen’s victory.

Verstappen has impressed in Brazil in the past, most notably in 2016 when he finished third for Red Bull in torr🌟ential rain, but the Dutchman doubted his chances of fighting at the front this year despite the team’s pace in Mexico.

“We will always try to🅷 do the best we can, but I think there are not enough corners to make up the loss we have on the straight which you could also see last year,” Verstappen said.

“In a week, normally you can’t improve🃏 your car that mu💦ch, so we don’t have enough power. 

“It’s not a normal straight it’s uphill and you are always turning at high speedꦐs so it makes it only worse. With the levels of downforce on these cars, the corners are even more flat out, so that’s the same scenario we get in Silverstone.

“A few years ago it was really a proper track with proper corners, but now it’s pretty much flat out and it gets more painful for us.✤”

Asked if fifth and sixth place was set in stone for Red ꦺBull aꦺt Interlagos, Verstappen said: “Normally, if nothing crazy happens.”

Verstappen currently sits fifth in the drivers’ championship, 70 points clear of Red Bull t🌳eammate Danie๊l Ricciardo and just 11 shy of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in P4.