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Max Verstappen feels changes to his car are needed to fight Mercedes in São Paulo.
After a frustrating Brazilian Grand Prix Sprint, Max Verstappen confirmed that Red Bull will make changes to his RB21. Starting from sixth, Verstappen quickly overtook Fernando Alonso for fifth but failed to keep up with the top four. Due to a three-car crash triggering a red flag, Verstappen had an opportunity to vent over the radio to race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase. At the sprint restart, he struggled to generate heat into his tyres, facing pressure from Alonso. Verstappen managed to build a gap but was unable to challenge for the podium places. Verstappen acknowledged the need for car changes to compete with McLaren and Mercedes, hoping for improvements to push better and stay with the leaders.
