{"id":690710,"date":"2026-05-24T03:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690710\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T03:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:18:56","slug":"max-verstappen-red-bull-didnt-follow-my-set-up-feedback-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690710\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen: Red Bull didn\u2019t follow my set-up feedback in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix proved to be a difficult affair for Red Bull. Max Verstappen<\/a> eventually secured sixth place on the grid, but it was far from straightforward.<\/p>\n

Over team radio, the Dutchman first reported that he could not get temperature into the tyres and added that he was also lacking top speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of things from this qualifying session are very difficult to understand. For example, I have no idea where that final lap suddenly came from,\u201d Verstappen reflected when speaking to the Dutch media. \u201cThroughout the session I had very little top speed and simply no grip.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for that lack of top speed, Verstappen appeared to derate earlier than most of his rivals, something for which Red Bull has not yet found an explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t get any information from the team either, so it was clear that we couldn\u2019t solve it during the session,\u201d Verstappen said.<\/p>\n

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Max Verstappen said qualifying in Canada was “difficult to understand”<\/p>\n

Photo by: Andrej Ivanov \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Red Bull was convinced a different direction would work<\/p>\n

However, the issue was not limited to tyre temperatures and top speed. Verstappen clarified that Red Bull had taken a set-up direction that he himself did not support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did something different with my car, that\u2019s what the team wanted. Clearly, that doesn\u2019t work the way it should. But sometimes you also have to let the team do their thing and make clear that it doesn\u2019t work. I said, \u2018Go ahead, if you think this is going to work, then do it.\u2019 And clearly, it doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

That does not sound like a typical Verstappen scenario. Normally, the Dutchman has a crucial voice in the set-up direction and the technical team tends to follow his lead, all the more so because Verstappen is not a rookie but a four-time world champion with plenty of experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve pointed it out so many times already, but sometimes you just have to let them feel for themselves that it doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked why things had unfolded differently behind the scenes this weekend, Verstappen continued: \u201cOf course they listen to me very often, but not this time, because they were convinced that it was going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It appears as though the setup was different across Red Bull’s two cars<\/p>\n

Photo by: Mark Thompson \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

What makes that particularly remarkable \u2013 if the team was so convinced the approach would work \u2013 is that a different choice was made on Isack Hadjar<\/a>\u2019s car. Verstappen explained: \u201cThat\u2019s because they wanted to try it with me, that has been the case for years. A driver can also say, \u2018Just leave it as it is because it already feels reasonably okay,\u2019 but for me it didn\u2019t feel okay beforehand and it still doesn\u2019t. I\u2019m not easily satisfied with a car. I want to fight for victory, not for seventh place.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Verstappen, it is now clear to everyone within the team that the chosen direction in Montreal was not the right one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obvious, isn\u2019t it? The whole qualifying session was going nowhere. I always stay reasonably calm about it, but hopefully now they know that it doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it was suggested that Verstappen had at least learned from this experience and would not allow it to happen again in the upcoming race weekends, he concluded:<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I think that\u2019s pretty clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

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