And yet championship leader Verstappen’s Red Bull was easily fastest in P1 on Friday, with the gap then shrinking to just under 2 tenths in the afternoon. Indeed, Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko said the team’s confidence is higher this weekend than it has been at any other point in the season so far. As for what race strategy Verstappen will run for the Spanish GP, Marko added: “We have the ability to adapt our strategy to the others.”. However, he says Red Bull isn’t claiming all the credit for the situation, explaining that while Friday was a better day for Perez compared to Monaco, “he was not able to set consistent laptimes”.

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