1/1/2024 0 Comments Max verstappen gearbox![]() ![]() “On the long runs, we all seemed fairly close to each other but it’s more because of managing the tyres because they don’t really let you push around here at the moment. “Out on track was about finetuning things, we had a positive day but there are still quite a few things we can do better,” he said. Verstappen finished Friday’s running half a second clear of teammate Sergio Perez, but said he expects the long runs to be closer as the weekend progresses. ![]() “The gearbox case and cassette used by Max Verstappen is one of the four new gearbox cases and cassettes allowed for the 2023 Championship season and this is in conformity with Article 29.2 of the 2023 Formula One Sporting Regulations,” confirmed the FIA during the third practice session in Saudia Arabia, which Verstappen topped as Red Bull claimed a 1-2 in the final hour before qualifying. ![]() However, the change is still likely to cause some concern for the Milton Keynes-based squad as they’ve needed to dip into a second set of components at just the second round of the 23-race championship. ‘The alarm bells are sure to be ringing for Max Verstappen’s rivals’ Red Bull won’t take a grid penalty for gearbox changeĪll are within the permitted allocation of four gearboxes that each driver is permitted for the season, meaning Red Bull won’t face a penalty for the change. Nyck de Vries misses Jeddah FP3 with full power unit change at AlphaTauri recommendsįP3: Max Verstappen bags a practice hat-trick, over six-tenths ahead of the chasing pack While Verstappen completed his Friday running and topped the times at the end of Friday’s running, Red Bull have opted for caution by fitting the BR19 with a new gearbox case and cassette, as well as driveline and gear change components and ancillaries. On Friday, Verstappen was heard on team radio complaining about ‘long downshifts’ into the slow corners littered around the uber-fast Jeddah Corniche Circuit. The FIA have confirmed that Max Verstappen has taken a new gearbox in the back of his Red Bull, with the team opting to change the Dutch driver’s gearbox after encountering issues during practice. Even though they stated their main focus for this season was to make the most powerful engine they could, with reliability in the background, Red Bull seems to be matching them for failures.Max Verstappen’s RB19 has been fitted with a complete new gearbox after encountering issues during Friday practice in Saudi Arabia. While Red Bull is facing a mounting possibility of grid penalties for Max at the rate the car is tearing through multiple gearboxes, Ferrari seems to be making strides in the right direction. This is where Ferrari fans can rejoice, as Verstappen has just taken another gearbox, the fourth and last one he can take this season without suffering a grid penalty, and the season is very much still going with 11 more races yet to be disputed. Max is obviously the one who stands to lose the most from the reliability problems, being in contention for this year’s driver’s championship and fighting to defend the title he won last year. Of note is also the fact that Max complained about issues with his car during the qualifying stage of the Hungarian GP, which is a sign of concern for Red Bull as it led to Max being last in Q3. When it comes to Red Bull, reliability issues had not stopped after Bahrain race, with Perez failing to finish the Canadian GP and Verstappen scoring a big 0 in the points department after a DNF in the Australian GP. ![]() Two other Honda-powered cars have had catastrophic failures in races as well, with Gasly’s open-wheeler encountering electric issues leading to retirement in Bahrain while Tsunoda could not even start the race in Jeddah. However, we should not forget that Red Bull started this season in Formula One with a double DNF, and while things have gotten better with the team leading both championships, they did not completely get rid of all the gremlins in their car, as Max Verstappen finds himself taking the fourth gearbox of the season ahead of the Hungarian GP. ![]()
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