Requested in regards to the points Pink Bull have encountered with the RB20 since Newey moved off the entrance line, and whether or not he was shocked to see the 65-year-old signal for Aston Martin, Verstappen replied: “I’m not shocked, as a result of I knew it was coming.
“From my facet it’s very tough to understand how the group is working and stuff… I’m glad for Adrian, I shortly spoke to him, nevertheless it’s simply totally different challenges, proper? Whenever you’ve been with the group for a very long time, I also can see that possibly for him, [it’s] a brand new problem.
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“For positive, I do know that Lawrence [Stroll, Aston Martin owner] is pushing flat out to make it a hit and naturally I hope for them that it may be a hit.
“From our facet, we’ve had some points with the automobile and now we’re simply making an attempt to repair that. It’s not like from one to the opposite weekend it instantly is all finished. Particularly with the price range cap as properly, it’s not that straightforward to show the automobile round. We now have to be a bit affected person.”