Verstappen sinks the 2026 F1 at Spa: “Too easy, in T2 it feels like driving an F3 with less power and more downforce”

What a blast from Max to the 2026 F1

The on boards are merciless. The 2026 F1 cars with these power units do not seem suitable to race on a track like Spa. A legendary motorsport temple is a stage too high level for these cars in perpetual need of energy.

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Max Verstappen in the press conference after the Belgian GP Qualifying did not mince words: “For most of the second sector you only run with the thermal engine, which perhaps has less power than an F3, with the difference that we have more downforce. I adapted, but it’s not what I love to do.”

“The car was capped, every time I improved a little. It’s something we will have to review, maybe some corners were too easy to take flat out“, Verstappen added.

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The Dutch driver will start on the front row and for this he thanks the slipstream offered by his teammate Isack Hadjar: “I was full throttle, I would have even pushed him. I think without the slipstream I would have been 2-3 tenths slower. I will offer him a Red Bull.”

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