While Red Bull had expected a very challenging weekend at Spa-Francorchamps due to the strong emphasis on energy management, Friday’s Formula 1 practice sessions proved surprisingly encouraging. Max Verstappen even went fastest of all in the first practice session, although, in his view, that simply confirms one thing.
It underlines that Red Bull has managed to get the RB22 into a good operating window right from the start of a race weekend for the first time in a while, but Verstappen is not yet drawing any conclusions about his chances this weekend.
