{"id":252487,"date":"2025-11-09T05:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/252487\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T05:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:06:59","slug":"max-verstappen-admits-he-can-forget-about-f1-2025-title-after-brazil-gp-q1-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/252487\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen admits he “can forget” about F1 2025 title after Brazil GP Q1 exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen<\/a> has written off his chances of winning the 2025 Formula 1 world title after his shock Q1 elimination at the Brazilian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The Red Bull driver qualified 16th at Interlagos after consistently struggling to get on top of his RB21<\/a>, simply lacking pure pace all around having also suffered an oversteer at Turn 9.<\/p>\n

It continued a tough day for Verstappen who finished fourth in the sprint race<\/a>, which meant his deficit to championship leader Lando Norris<\/a>\u00a0rose to 39 points after the McLaren<\/a> driver won from pole.<\/p>\n

Norris again took pole in grand prix qualifying at Interlagos, very much ending the momentum Verstappen briefly built by winning four races in five before Mexico last time out – a contest also won by the Briton from pole.<\/p>\n

So although Verstappen acknowledged he was in the fight against the McLaren pair – Norris and Oscar Piastri<\/a> – after winning the United States GP, the Dutchman thinks that’s no longer the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can forget about that,” said Verstappen, when asked about his thoughts on the championship.<\/p>\n

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sam Bagnall \/ Sutton Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It was an answer which prompted the reporter to ask \u201creally?\u201d, to which the four-time world champion said: \u201cYes, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we are starting, that is not going to work,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd with these kind of performances, I mean, forget about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were problems across the Red Bull garage in Sao Paulo, as Verstappen\u2019s team-mate Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> only qualified 19th, giving the team its first double Q1 exit since Japan in 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just bad,\u201d Verstappen told Sky Sports F1. \u201cI couldn’t push at all. The car was all over the place, sliding around a lot. So, yeah, I had to underdrive it a lot just to not have a moment and that, of course, doesn’t work in qualifying.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not what you want to see. The whole weekend has been already quite tough, but this is a bit unexpected I would say after changing quite a bit on the car. It was just not responding, I had no grip out there so I had to really massively underdrive it basically and it just didn’t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Red Bull drivers struggled to identify the exact reason for their poor result, as Tsunoda denied it was down to Verstappen opting for a set-up that was similar to his team-mate.<\/p>\n

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Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Zak Mauger \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made a change in the sprint race, which gave us a good idea to make the car better, we thought,\u201d said Tsunoda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a couple of things, he [Verstappen] also took the set-up that I was using. Now, I don’t want to blame my set-up, because I think the set-up was OK, the main thing is we didn’t make the tyre work.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our side of the garage, we were able to make a good amount of steps in terms of parts we changed since the sprint race, and I feel clearly better in the car.<\/p>\n

“But another issue came out, which seems quite big, and it’s a shame that we weren’t able to maximise that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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