Max Verstappen Unhappy With ‘a Number of Things’ as Red Bull Plans Brazil Qualifying Fixes

Red Bull Racing plans to make several changes to Max Verstappen's car ahead of Saturday's qualifying at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Despite finishing third in both practice sessions on Friday, Verstappen struggled with downshift issues and increasingly heavy steering in his RB22. Red Bull's head of race strategy, Hannah Schmitz, confirmed the team will provide him with a different steering wheel and address his mechanical complaints overnight.

Verstappen's race engineer Tom Hart explained the clutch system adapts automatically without manual switches, prompting sarcastic radio comments from the driver. Schmitz noted the team has identified the problems to unlock performance, though teammate Isack Hadjar also struggled, finishing over a second off Kimi Antonelli's benchmark time.