Max Verstappen doesn’t see Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton ahead

Verstappen’s words

Max Verstappen spoke ten days before the start of the Formula 1 season in which he will be called upon to defend his title: "There’è work to be done. Right now there’è only one team that è clearly ahead of everybody, and they have the orange car. If you look at lap times I think McLaren is favored, while for us not everything è went completely smooth".

"Improvements are never enough, but we ourselves expected more from the RB21", added the Dutch driver, who does not appear this time as the favorite for the triumph.

"I do not think we will be able to compete for victory in Melbourne, but I hope we will be able to make improvements within a few races”;, continued Verstappen.

"We have some ideas on how to improve the car, I also spent a lot of time in the simulator", he stressed, however, thinking that the season will be long.