Max Verstappen has questioned the knowledge of staging a dash race at a avenue circuit the place overtaking is near unattainable.
Verstappen gained Saturday’s dash in Singapore from pole place with no single severe passing transfer behind him.
Though the four-time F1 champion gained his first race across the Marina Bay Road Circuit, the end result did little to vary his view of the format.
Talking to media, together with RacingNews365, Verstappen mentioned sprints ought to be reserved for venues the place vehicles can truly race one another.
“We should not host a dash the place you’ll be able to’t cross,” mentioned Verstappen.
“You have got tracks the place you’ll be able to race and may overtake, however in fact, in some locations you can not cross, and we’re going to have sprints there additionally subsequent 12 months.
“I imply, I am superb. I simply do my factor, after which that is it, proper? But it surely’s not what I like.”
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Verstappen highlights main downside
Verstappen pointed to the automobile’s restricted overtaking aids as the foundation of the problem at a monitor like Marina Bay.
“The monitor is nice, but additionally the issue we’ve in the mean time is with the overtake mode, it barely does something right here,” he mentioned.
“You do not actually achieve quite a bit on the straights. In order that, and with how all the principles are in the mean time, with our beautiful batteries, it simply does not do a lot.
“You may’t even get tremendous shut or have an enormous overspeed in the mean time. So we have to have an extended straight, or extra of a correct hairpin to overhaul, however even with that, we additionally want an even bigger delta on the straight.”
Verstappen’s feedback carry additional weight given what’s coming subsequent 12 months, with a dash confirmed forward of the Monaco GP as a part of an expanded 10-sprint F1 calendar. Monaco already produces the fewest overtakes of any circuit in F1.
