Verstappen did not hide his frustration after the race despite scoring a double: I’m not here to finish second!

Formula 1 had its second race of the season on Sunday, namely the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. And like the first race in Bahrain, it was dominated by the Red Bull Racing team. Sergio Pérez celebrated victory, with Max Verstappen taking the final second place. But the double world champion was not at all satisfied with his position…

Red Bull scored another double in Saudi Arabia and is currently unrivalled in terms of the strength of the starting field.

The second round of this year’s F1 season was clearly dominated by Sergio Pérez, while Max Verstappen climbed from 15th place to the final second place, albeit with the help of the Safety Car.

The two-time world champion encountered technical difficulties in Saturday’s qualifying. He had to shut down his car due to a problem with the driveshaft in Q2 (the second part of qualifying – ed.) and only started the Saudi Grand Prix from fifteenth place.

Verstappen did not hide his frustration at the press conference afterwards, despite the fact that Red Bull has scored 87 points out of 88 possible so far this season.

I’m not here to be second

“Of course, the atmosphere in the team at the moment is such that everyone is happy. But I personally am not happy,” the Dutch driver admitted in an interview with the media, including Racing News 365.

“Because I’m not here to be second, especially when you work hard, even at home in the factory, to come here in good condition and basically make sure everything is in place,” he commented on his final second place.

Verstappen was particularly upset by qualifying and starting from 15th. This is where the drivers have to limit the damage rather than concentrate on fighting for the win.

It should be added, the Red Bull driver flew through the starting field without any major problems and if it hadn’t been for technical problems in the last ten laps, it is possible that he would have still attacked Pérez’s first place.

However, Verstappen still set the fastest lap of the race on the last lap of the Saudi Grand Prix. This earned him one extra championship point, which kept him at the top of the drivers’ championship just ahead of his teammate.

F1, Racing News 365