Verstappen reacts: This is how his first run with Red Bull's RB21 went
Vladimir Rys, Oracle Red Bull Racing
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Max Verstappen has completed his first kilometres in Red Bull Racing's new RB21. At a windy Bahrain circuit, the reigning champion was the first to subject the new car to a small test during the shakedown this Tuesday. Afterwards, Verstappen addressed how the session had gone for him so far.
"It’s good to be back on track in Bahrain for this Filming Day before we head into Testing," Verstappen said. "It is really nice to be back driving again and to get into RB21 for the first time. I got a few laps in, but today was more about getting comfortable in the car, seeing what fits and we will then learn more about the car over the next few days."
Verstappen has no targets for 2025 yet
As we know, Red Bull has had a challenging 2024, in which the team no longer had the fastest car. The coming days should show whether that has changed. "We know what last year’s limitations were, so it is important that we assess the pace over the next few days and see if we have improved. We don’t have a long time before the first race so, over Testing, we hope to get a lot of mileage on the car and lots of runs in to understand where we can find time."
This early in the season, Verstappen did not shed light on about what the '25 car could attain. "At the moment I don’t have targets for the season as we don’t know how competitive we are, but I am looking forward to getting back to racing in general, especially driving in Spa and Zandvoort, which are my favourite tracks on the calendar," said the Dutchman.
This article was written in collaboration with Ludo van Denderen.
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