Verstappen Post FP2 Interview – 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

F1: That seemed like a really good day. I mean, top in both sessions, but you had a gear shift issue?

MV: I just fine tuning things with the downshift. We do that all the time.

F1: Okay, but you seem really confident now. Who’s your biggest rival? Is it you?

MV: I think we had a positive day, but I think there are still quite a few things I think we can do better. The long run, I think it all seemed fairly close to each other. But it’s more because of just managing the tires, because they don’t really let you push around here at the moment. So with a low deg circuit, then I think the lap times are all very close. So it’s definitely not like Bahrain.