‘A lot of things are not clicking’ – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen admits he’s lacking ‘confidence and commitment’ around Suzuka after tricky Friday

Max Verstappen revealed that Purple Bull are attempting “numerous various things” to repair underlying points with their RB21 at Suzuka.

Verstappen ended Friday eighth quickest and 0.556s off the tempo of Oscar Piastri’s 1m 28.114s effort, in a Free Follow 2 session that was closely disrupted by crimson flags, leading to near 40 minutes of observe time being misplaced.

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“In fact, it was fairly chaotic on the market for everybody with the crimson flags, so like everybody else, we couldn’t full the entire issues that we wished to do,” mentioned Verstappen.

“Immediately has been fairly tough for me as a result of I’ve been making an attempt numerous various things with the automobile nevertheless it looks as if numerous issues usually are not actually clicking in the meanwhile, and it’s fairly tough simply to place the lap down.