An outing but a positive result this Thursday for Max Verstappen

After the wind yesterday, it was a wet track, due to the rain that fell in Catalonia in the evening, which disrupted the running. F1 at the Barcelona winter testing this Thursday.

A start to the fifth day where the drivers were forced to put on intermediate tires, before seeing the track dry, but remain somewhat tricky.

Among the drivers to have made the small gap too much, Max Verstappen and Red Bull RB16, the Dutchman having visited the gravel trap at turn no. 5 without any untoward consequences. “Looking at the footage, I could clearly see that I had put two wheels on a patch of moisture and the white line, admits Verstappen.

I probably tried to use too much circuit entering the corner. I didn't see this wetland. »

 RED FLAG

Max Verstappen is beached in the gravel at Turn 5#F1 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/WKZch0oDpS

- Formula 1 (@ F1) February 27, 2020

Nothing serious therefore for the Milton Keynes team and its top driver, who remains satisfied with the work accomplished on the car sporting the red bull, despite reduced track time.

“We are progressing every day and learning more about the car, to take it where we want, analyze old driver Toro Rosso. It’s not the goal to ride as much as last week.

We have already done our long stints, which is also sometimes a bit boring. It's more about checking parts, or trying things that may not work in the end. Some things are quite complex on the car and to understand them completely takes time.

It was a bit of a shame in terms of the weather, we weren't able to ride as much as we wanted, but it's the same for everyone. But overall it's a positive day and everything seems to be working well. »

As for the level of performance of the RB16 against the competition, Verstappen prefers to wait and not make any comparison with the scarecrow Mercedes, even if many hope to see Red Bull rise more regularly to the level of world champions this year.

“There are always things to improve, advances Verstappen. We will have to wait until Melbourne to see how competitive we will be. It's hard to say, these are just tests, and everything can change before the first race. We are satisfied with what we do. And I hope that will be enough. »