03/10/2025
NEWS STORY
Max Verstappen: "I think FP1 started quite nicely and we were just getting up to speed with things.
"The car was not too bad and it was a bit like the last two weekends where there were no major problems. Then in FP2, there were a few things that we tried that worked, so we are going to try and optimise that a bit. Overall, I am pretty satisfied but we need a bit more pace to find good form tomorrow. There are small details to work on, including tyre grip and making sure we keep the tyres alive during the lap to stop them overheating. We want to get them in a good window so we can push harder. It is positive to hit the ground running; there are still a few things that we want to do better, but we don't need to change the set up too much which is good. We will see tomorrow if we are good enough to fight at the front, it is always difficult to say but we will have to see in Qualifying."
Yuki Tsunoda: "It was an interrupted day for all, with a few stoppages on track, particularly in FP2, which isn't great with Singapore being a confidence track. We do need to be able to have that time to get the drivers' confidence up and to get the balance a little bit more in the right window. It is quite tricky to get the new tyre in on the first lap so that will be the focus of analysis tonight. We are really missing our long run data so perhaps we will have a think about how we can rearrange our FP3 programme to collect a bit more data ahead of Sunday, because at this stage it is very difficult to know if we are looking at a one or two stop race and which compounds are going to be the more viable options."
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