Max Verstappen once again highlighted a problem that has accompanied Red Bull Racing for several seasons and continues to be present even with the new generation of Formula 1 cars: the behavior over bumps and curbs. For the Dutch driver, the team has not yet found a clear solution to this difficulty.
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The issue gained prominence last weekend in Monza, when Verstappen complained about the behavior of the rear axle of his RB22 when passing over irregularities and curbs. Now, with the arrival at the Madring circuit in Madrid, the characteristic is once again a concern for the team.
“It’s a problem known to us for a long time, so it’s something we are trying to understand, trying to fix, trying to improve. But we know that curbs and bumps are not the best scenario for our car,” Verstappen told the press.
Asked about the possibility that problems from previous cars have been transferred to the current model, the four-time world champion confirmed that this happened. According to Verstappen, some characteristics remained even with the regulation change.
“Yes, definitely, some things were inherited from previous cars. I used to complain about the behavior and the curbs before, and I keep complaining about it,” he added.
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Verstappen also explained why Red Bull has not yet been able to completely eliminate this weakness. According to the four-time world champion, there is not necessarily a single element responsible for the behavior, which makes diagnosis and correction more difficult.
“Unfortunately, the answer is not very clear or straightforward, because otherwise, of course, we would have already fixed these things. F1 can sometimes be very complicated, and it’s not easy to identify a single problem, because it may be that several things combine to create a difficulty,” he concluded.
For Verstappen, the team needs to understand how these different factors relate within the car before being able to make significant progress in this aspect.
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