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“They could just push more on them compared to everyone else on the grid without actually [degrading] that much in the end of stints, because even the last stint, my last few laps were quite a struggle – Lando was definitely catching up a lot.
“So these are things that we have to do better, also of course our known issues with the kerbs and bumps, low-speed basically. These are things we’ll try to understand better for next year.”
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With the Sprint format set to return this weekend in Austria, the teams and drivers will have just one free practice session available to them. And while Red Bull do not appear to have enjoyed straightforward Fridays at recent events, Verstappen is optimistic that they could come out on top at their home race.
“I would say Barcelona, we had just a normal weekend, we were just too slow,” he added. “We tried to keep on making adjustments and luckily I think in qualifying it all felt a bit better. That was probably just the normal progression that you have throughout the weekend.
“Before that we had some messy weekends, so we cannot afford that anymore, so I just hope for a clean weekend like we did in Barcelona but hopefully a bit more pace.”
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