Verstappen says Red Bull car problem cost him Brazil victory chance

Max Verstappen said a problem with his Red Bull left the car in "not good shape" during the São Paulo Grand Prix, limiting his chances of victory. He climbed from 21st on the grid to finish second behind McLaren's Lando Norris, passing several drivers in his first stint.

Verstappen said he felt an issue on the car after his first stint, describing the high-speed oversteer he experienced on slick tyres as abnormal. He called for the team to establish whether something had broken or whether there had been an aero loss. Norris's lead had hovered around 10 seconds on slicks and grown to 13 to 14 seconds on intermediates, and Verstappen said he could not respond to it.

Verstappen said he was happy with second but believed there was more to come had the car been in good shape.