Max Verstappen hopes worst of Red Bull’s season behind them after taking ‘good step’ with recent updates

“It’s true that we have a fairly old wind tunnel, but until this year it did everything right,” he said. “Some things are just hard to understand. You see that with all the other teams as well, except McLaren.

“All teams have had their own problems, including teams with modern wind tunnels. I think it is just extremely difficult to fine-tune things perfectly or to get exactly the right data out of it. That can be down to a lot of things in the wind tunnel itself or how it correlates with the track.”

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For now, Verstappen is optimistic that Red Bull have turned a corner after they introduced an update to their floor at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and he finished second behind Norris at the following round in Singapore.

“Yes, it felt better,” Verstappen confirmed. “That was already a good step for us. I do think we are moving in the right direction now. It will take some time. You can’t turn something like this around in one or two weeks. But I do think the team was happy with what they saw in Baku as well.”

As for whether the worst of Red Bull’s season – including the low point of a particularly poor display at Monza – is behind them, he signed off: “Yes, I do think so to be honest. Hopefully we can continue to make good steps from here.”