Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko has admitted that Max Verstappen will no longer run late-night simulator races in the future after the Dutchman was criticized for his 3 a.m. sim racing endeavors the night before the race at the Hungaroring.
will no longer run late-night simulator races in the future after the Dutchman was criticized for his 3 a.m. sim racing the night before the race at the Hungaroring. Marko also admitted that Red Bull was behind McLaren performance-wise, and blamed Verstappen andQuestions arose about whether Verstappen's late-night sim racing contributed to his bad temper during the Hungarian GP.
“Max has a different sleep rhythm and he had his seven hours of sleep. His late-night sim race on the Hungarian weekend only came about because a driver in his team cancelled.Red Bull Behind McLaren "Hungary is one of the slowest tracks, and on Friday we had track temperatures in the region of 60 degrees, and in qualifying it went down to 35 degrees. And knowing how sensitive the tires are to the smallest temperature differences, it was not easy to adapt the car accordingly. The McLaren, on the other hand, as we have seen this summer, is fast with all types of tires and in all conditions.
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