Former Formulation 1 star Juan Pablo Montoya believes Pink Bull’s 2025 automobile isn’t as dangerous as folks assume, however Max Verstappen is however doing an excellent job of extracting each ounce of efficiency from it.
All drivers who’ve pushed the RB21 this yr have described it as tough to drive and deal with, with even Verstappen complaining about its traits on a number of events.
Liam Lawson was demoted from the second Pink Bull seat after simply two rounds on account of his incapability to adapt to the automobile and whereas his substitute Yuki Tsunoda confirmed preliminary promise, the previous couple of races have additionally been a wrestle for him.
Tsunoda has scored simply seven factors since he moved as much as Pink Bull on the Japanese Grand Prix, whereas Verstappen has received two races and scored two additional two podiums in the identical interval to ascertain himself because the closest rival to McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
The contrasting outcomes between the 2 Pink Bull drivers have led many onlookers to conclude that the RB21 is definitely fairly uncompetitive, with Verstappen’s unbelievable kind all the way down to his personal expertise than having a fast automobile beneath him.
Whereas Montoya heaped reward on the Dutchman for his spectacular outcomes this yr, he’s satisfied that Pink Bull’s 2025 F1 automobile can also be fairly fast regardless of its shortcomings.
“I do not assume the Pink Bull automobile is as dangerous as folks assume it’s,” the previous McLaren and Williams racer instructed CasinoHawks.
“It is a automobile that was constructed for Max. It is a automobile that he can drive, which isn’t simple to drive, however the automobile does what he needs.
“You have a look at Lewis [Hamilton] driving the Ferrari and the way he is steering with the wheel, he is unsure, he will get snappy.
“You by no means see Max getting snappy. You by no means see Max uncontrolled. The one time this yr that Max had a snap and he regarded uncontrolled was once they put the arduous tyres on in Barcelona on the finish of the race. After which his tempo was poor.
“He was out of his consolation zone and he bought rattled. Apart from that, the automobile is being aggressive. It drives very in another way to what all people else drives.
“Max is doing a tremendous job. He is an aggressive model of George [Russell]. George is a quieter man. He is a man that does not take as many dangers, however speed-wise, you’ve bought to say what George did in Canada with that Mercedes was superb.”
Whereas Verstappen was unable to place up a lot of a problem to Mercedes rival George Russell in Canada, Montoya expects him and Pink Bull to be a powerful contender within the Austrian GP on 29 June.
The power drinks big has a powerful monitor report at Spielberg, with Verstappen having received 4 out of the final seven on Pink Bull’s residence turf.
“I feel Pink Bull must be very robust in Austria as a result of it is the kind of circuit the place you want a little bit of traction nevertheless it’s not loopy,” he stated.
“You’ve numerous flowing corners, a bit bit like Japan, like lengthy corners. And it is the kind of circuit the place Pink Bull can shine. Max goes to be actually, actually powerful there once more.”
