Red Bull is not a team in which to be struggling to unlock performance from a difficult car. Especially when your illustrious team-mate seems to be managing it.
Perception is everything in Formula 1, and the timesheets suggest Max Verstappen is making it look easy. Obviously the picture is different from trackside, where Max is patently deploying every ounce of his talent to keep the RB21 pointing in the right direction – but nuance such as this counts for nothing when a team’s drivers are at opposite ends of the grid.
