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Verstappen: We are missing a second from the Renault engine

Max Verstappen qualified fifth for the Italian Grand Prix but the Red Bull driver was a whopping 1.5 seconds down on the pole-winning time which he believes is mainly due to the lack of engine power at his disposal. Using the Renault Spec-C PU, Verstappen's best effort of 1:20.615 compares to Sebastian Vettel's pole-winning time of the 1:19.119 in the Ferrari Speaking to journos after qualifying at Monza, Verstappendriver said of the new Renault update, 'It’s a little bit faster than the old one, a tenth or so, in that way it is positive but of course it’s still not enough.' “Maybe in Q3 [the deficit] was a little bit bigger than in Q2, but in Q3 I was also the first one out in my...
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