Max Verstappen says Me💃rcedes’ dominant performance during the opening two rounds of the 2020 F1 World Championꦑship means it’s unlikely to have a ‘bogey’ venue that will allow Red Bull to claim an advantage.

This weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix at t꧃he Hungaroring represents the highest downforce venue of the revised 2020 season and is perceived as an opportunity for the traditional handling-focu🍃sed Red Bull to take the fight to Mercedes in a straight fight.

However, while🐠 the twisty venue hasn’t always been Mercedes strongest circuit, Verstappen believes the W11’s searing form in Austria suggests it isn’t going to have any weak circuits this year.

“Everℱy weekend is an opportunity but we always have to be realistic. When you are that dom🉐inant, like Mercedes, I think they will be quick on every track.

“I always give it my very best but you have to be realistic, it will be hard to beat them, let’s see how close we’re going to be, maybe tﷺhe weather is always going to play a part, it can create chaos, we’ll find out, but on pure pace I𒉰 think it will be very hard to beat them.

Reflecting on where he believes the Mercedes gains over the Red Bull, Verstappen admits there is still a variance in straight line speed, while stability is a visible issue for the unpredictable RB16 an is🐷sue.

However, the Dutchman feels the Red Bull drives well in low-speed corners, which c꧂ould allow him to at least get൲ on terms with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

“Clearly th🦄ey gained a lot on straights and there there’s not a lo🃏t of corners to get back, so it’s a handicap at that track. Low speed we are very competitive so that’s a positive.

“Just a few high speed corners where 🦂they are just very strong and also when you look at their onboards the car is very stable and p☂redictable, mine as I said already the second week was more predictable, but it seems that they have another step on top of that and they can really throw the car in and the car just looks hooked.

“We’ll try to work towards something like thaꩲt. Also it has a lot of impact on tyre life when you have a very stable car, it’s not only over one lap but only on a racꦇe to look after the tyres.”