Max Verstappen said his stunning pole lap in qualifying shouldn’t imply𝓰 that Red Bull has found a solution for its car balance problems in Formula 1.

Th🥀e four-time F1 champion gained half a second between Q2 and Q3 to set a new lap record at Suzuka and beat McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole position.

The performance earned the praise of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who said his outfit 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:"turned the car upside down" to allow 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Verstappen to set “one of his best laps in qualifying ever.”

The Dutchman also praised the work put in by168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Red Bull to get the tricky RB21 into a window where it was at least driveab🍷le.

However, he explained that the underlying issues plaguing the car remain unsolved, and the Milton Keynes-based squad was merely able to get him into a position where he could mask its♊ e problems.

Asked if he still suffered from the ‘flexing’ issue that he compl💫ained about in practice, the 27-year-old said: “I think that issue was a lot better today.

“But at the same time, th✃e corner balance is still what we need to work on.

“On low fuel over one lap, some bi✅ts you can mask a little bit. But it’s still not like I go into the lap fully c🍷onfident and comfortable.

"So the last lap I was like, ‘Well, I'm just going to ♏not try and feel uncomfortable – just send it in𒆙 and see what we get’.

“It’s very rare that a lap like that can stick, but this time it worked well. We know that we have some issues that we want to solv🌄🐠e, but it's clearly not easy to solve them at the moment.”

Red Bull’s now-famous balance issues c♐ame to light last year, as the team’s competitive fortunes rapidly declined after a dominant start to the season.

Sergio Perez and his replacement 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson struggled to gel with the car, 🐈while Verstappen too has been outspoken about the handl🔜ing of the 2025-spec RB21.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda’s promotion to the team this weekend has provided another source of input to the team, with the Japanese driver explaining that he failed to get the tyresꦍ warmed up after qualifying 14th on the grid.

However, Verstappen explained that Red Bꦇull’s problems go far beyond tyre warm-up, revealing that the team experimented with several things before he had enough confidence in the car to bag pole 𝐆position.

“I don't think it has to do with the tyres – f🐻or me, at least,” he sta𒆙ted. “It’s just the through corner balance that is very difficult to manage.

“But we clearly got it in a window where at least it was drivable to push. Luckily, it was enough for first, but I do🅺n't 🌸say, ‘Oh, I'm first, now everything is perfect.’

“We still have clear issues that we need to solve a🃏nd 𓆉that's what we're continuing to work on. This is a very tough track for the car in general. It's really high speed, so any little balance limitation you have can be multiplied in some places around the lap.

“Some tracks might work out a bit better for us, some might be worse. But it was clear that up until now this whole weekend we have been really experimenting a lot to find that drivable balance. At least it allowed me to push a bit more.”