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Max Verstappen was third in FP2 at the Austrian Grand Prix, as he adjusted to a new race engineer.
Max Verstappen spoke positively about his first day working with Simon Rennie, who replaced Gianpiero Lambiase as his engineer at Red Bull due to personal reasons. Rennie previously worked with Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon at Red Bull, and also famously with Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus. Verstappen praised Rennie’s experience and efficiency, stating that the day was straightforward but lacked pace due to understeer issues in the car for both short and long runs. Verstappen highlighted the need to address the understeer to improve performance going forward.
