Max Verstappen offers blunt verdict on Red Bull’s below par F1 Bahrain GP race weekend

Max Versaben acknowledged that Red Bull’s worrying performance in the Grand Prix in Bahrain 2025 was a surprise. Talk to the media, Including SPORTSKEEDA, The ruling world champion expressed his dissatisfaction with the car, especially the braking and tire behavior throughout the race.

Versappen reported the brake issues repeatedly on the team’s radio during the Grand Prix. When realizing the surface of the SAKHIR circle abrasive and rising planning, Red Bull expects a difficult weekend in qualifying and main race. Starting in the seventh place, the Dutchman was not able to get only one position, ultimately across the line in the sixth place.

He revealed that although brake performance may improve compared to qualification, he did not fulfill his expectations. Issues of the continuous temperature of the tires caused a frequent closure under the braking, which impeded its progress. Verstapen describes as describing the race as “everything wrong”, Versaben pointed to two significantly slow stations, four seconds, and the other six, as additional discoveries. In the end, he admitted that the car lacks a pace and that the sixth was the best result that could be achieved under these circumstances.

Request by SPORTSKEEDA Max Versaben said: To explain the brake issues on the car, which he complained about on the radio, Max Versaben said:

“No, I mean that the brakes are a little better today because we were allowed to change the material, but the problem is not only today because we allowed us to change the material. But the problem is not only the feeling of the brakes, which is still in the place where I wanted to be, but I also do not feel likely to pressure it, this does not rise to that. Time.”

He added to summarize his race frankly:

“I don’t know, the pace was very bad, but of course I did not expect the race that I had because it was basically everything wrong, what could happen, perhaps it made it a little worse. But I think the situation in which I ended was at the end of the day the maximum that we could have done.”

Max Verstapen suggests that Red Bull may not have a clear understanding of how to end the performance conflicts

Max Verstapen acknowledged that there may not be a short -term solution to RB21 problems, which suggests that Red Bull still clearly understands how to address its current struggles. Unusually preserved in his comments after the race, the world champion four times has carefully champion questions about possible solutions, although his accent indicates anxiety inside the Milton Kinies team.

Thinking about GP performance in Bahrain, Verstapen selects the rear balance as the essence of its problems, which were more amplified by the poor tire management on the surface of the detector SAKHIR. He pointed out that the characteristics of the path brought Red Bull weaknesses to a more clear focus, especially when compared to his dominant offer in Japan, where he won his first victory in the season.

Red Bull is not expected to update the car in Jeddah, with the next main promotions of IMOL. In Bahrain, the team presented a new front wing and wider cooling panels, but these changes failed to make the performance leap or reform they were hoping for.

When asked about the short -term solution in the cases on the car, he answered:

“If you know where to find it yes, but I don’t know that I don’t know. You have to ask them [Red Bull]”

When asked about the location of the costs of his struggles in the race, he answered:

“The rear balance is highlighted in this path, you know when you do not have a balance, tire management or tire management more more than others than on this path. It’s worse.”

The current result decreased to Max Versaben to third in the drivers championship, sitting on 69 points, eight points behind Lando Norris leader and six behind Oscar Bayastiri. In the ranking of the two builders, McLaren continues to drive the road with 151 points, followed by Mercedes with 93 points, while Red Ball slipped to third with only 71 points.

The 80 -point gap between McLaren Warid Bull draws an anxious image of the ruling heroes. If the current performance continues, it not only confirms the strong shape of McLaren, but it also highlights the great deficit in the performance of the car and the competitiveness that Red Ball must quickly address to stay in the title battle.