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Verstappen says I think we can do a lot better than what we showed so far

Verstappen says "I think we can do a lot better than what we showed so far"

04-04-2019 17:29 Last update: 17:49
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Max Verstappen has said that he believes Red Bull "can do a lot better" but is happy with how the team has performed so far. Verstappen finished third in Australia and then fourth in Bahrain. The Dutchman believes that the team can still improve and get onto the top step of the podium. 

Despite finishing fourth in Bahrain Verstappen was not too happy with the result. 

"We made some mistakes I think in terms of set-up," he said to GPFans. "I think if you look back to Australia, we were actually quite happy.

"Of course it was still 20 seconds to Valtteri [Bottas, race winner], but in that race, I couldn't go and push like I wanted to because basically I was always held up by a car.

"I think we can do a lot better than what we showed so far."

"You always want more downforce," said Verstappen. "It's also about how you can balance it and clearly we did something wrong during the weekend.

Speaking about the importance of the testing sessions that were held this week, Verstappen said, "I think we learned a lot from it already, so in that way, I think it's very positive.

"We don't have that many days anyway to understand the car, during the weekend it all goes that quick.

"Just always doing one and a half hour sessions [in practice] is not amazing. Doing a day like this is very helpful."