.Max33Verstappen feels he 'should have won' the SaudiArabianGP but for his qualifying reliability issues. Story:
A driveshaft failure in qualifying at Jeddah meant Verstappen had to start the race from 15th place., beating the Mexican to the fastest lap to lead the 2023 drivers' championship by a single point.But while Verstappen limited the damage and retained his championship lead, he was still unhappy at losing out on a better chance to win and felt Red Bull must do better to avoid more reliability issues.
"We need to do better as a team, we can't have problems like these," Verstappen told Dutch broadcaster"Otherwise this would have been a very different race for me. At the end we limited the damage a little bit, but I should have won here."The Dutchman initially pushed harder than the team was comfortable with, but he eventually relented and ended his hopes of overhauling Perez, focusing on the fastest lap point instead.
Perez voiced his concerns, admitting that Red Bull's massive performance advantage has saved them from provoking more reliability issues.Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool He even claimed that the Red Bulls might not have finished the season opener in Bahrain, where Verstappen led home Perez at a canter if they had been put under any serious pressure by the competition.
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