Ahead of Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this Formula 1 season is looking like McLaren vs McLaren. Still, defending champion of Red Bull says he hasn’t lost hope.
McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are the only one to consistently have the pace through the first four rounds of the championship.
Verstappen is the only non-McLaren driver to win a Grand Prix this season but in Bahrain he was struggling so much that Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko said he was concerned Verstappen might consider his future. Verstappen said this week he wasn’t considering the championship picture this early. “I’m not thinking about that. I just go race by race,” Verstappen said. “I think at the moment, of course, we are not the quickest. So then naturally, it’s very tough to to fight for a championship, but it’s still a very long road… I’m hopeful we can still improve things and see what we get.”