Red Bull Stumbles in Rainy Shanghai Qualifier

Red Bull Stumbles in Rainy Shanghai Qualifier

19/04/2024

At the Chinese F1 Sprint, rain disrupted Red Bull’s qualifying, highlighting issues with tires and traffic for Verstappen and Pérez.

Max Verstappen qualified fourth for the F1 Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix after several track exits and two cancelled laps. The Red Bull driver admits he struggled to get his tires to work in the rain but is not worried about the inherent pace of his RB20.

“It was incredibly slippery, I had a lot of trouble getting temperature into the tires,” Verstappen was surprised. “That’s why it was difficult to keep the car on the track, the tires never really warmed up and it was like driving on ice.”

“I think that’s also why we deserve where we are on the grid because it didn’t work for me in the rain. In the dry, it looked much better, and I am obviously happy with that.”

He now expects a challenging Sprint from the inside of the second row at the start: “It’s not ideal to start from the inside here because there’s less grip with what is painted on the tarmac, so we’ll have to try to get the best start possible, and it will be one long stint on a set of tires, but that makes it interesting.”

Sergio Pérez will start sixth after also missing his end of Q3, initially being the first driver to approach the two-minute mark in the rain.

“Things were going well at the start, but with the traffic and slowdowns, we failed to make a good last lap. It was hard to get through the last turn and I went off,” Pérez stated, who is nevertheless not worried.

“I think we’re in a good situation, we were confident immediately, it was a good time with the car and we seem competitive, so all of this is very promising.”

Red Bull Stumbles in Rainy Shanghai Qualifier

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Full 2025 F1 testing results

Carlos Sainz
1
CARLOS
SAINZ
Leader
Lewis Hamilton
2
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+0.031s
Charles Leclerc
3
CHARLES
LECLERC
+0.083s
George Russell
4
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+0.197s
Max Verstappen
5
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.218s
Alex Albon
6
ALEX
ALBON
+0.302s
Kimi Antonelli
7
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+0.436s
Oscar Piastri
8
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+0.592s
Pierre Gasly
9
PIERRE
GASLY
+0.692s
Lance Stroll
10
LANCE
STROLL
+0.881s
Liam Lawson
11
LIAM
LAWSON
+0.904s
Jack Doohan
12
JACK
DOOHAN
+1.020s
Yuki Tsunoda
13
YUKI
TSUNODA
+1.149s
Isack Hadjar
14
ISACK
HADJAR
+1.327s
Fernando Alonso
15
FERNANDO
ALONSO
+1.352s
Esteban Ocon
16
ESTEBAN
OCON
+1.380s
Lando Norris
17
LANDO
NORRIS
+1.534s
Gabriel Bortoleto
18
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
+1.709s
Nico Hulkenberg
19
NICO
HULKENBERG
+2.109s
Oliver Bearman
20
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+3.013s

Testing Total Distance Covered by Team

1
Mercedes
458
2
Haas
457
3
Racing Bulls
454
4
Alpine
405
5
Williams
395
6
Ferrari
382
7
McLaren
381
8
Sauber
354
9
Aston Martin
306
10
Red Bull
304
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Chinese
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23 Mar
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Points
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Max Verstappen
Red Bull
0
2
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Lando Norris
McLaren
0
3
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Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
0
4
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Oscar Piastri
McLaren
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5
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Carlos Sainz
Williams
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6
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George Russell
Mercedes
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#
Team
Points
1
McLaren
Norris & Piastri
0
2
Ferrari
Leclerc & Hamilton
0
3
Red Bull
Verstappen & Lawson
0
4
Mercedes
Russell & Antonelli
0
5
Aston Martin
Alonso & Stroll
0
6
Alpine
Gasly & Doohan
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