{"id":4837,"date":"2025-05-27T00:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/max-verstappen-rejects-f1-title-talk-after-big-struggle-in-monaco\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T00:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:42:35","slug":"max-verstappen-rejects-f1-title-talk-after-big-struggle-in-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/max-verstappen-rejects-f1-title-talk-after-big-struggle-in-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen rejects F1 title talk after &#8220;Big Struggle&#8221; in Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Max Verstappen refuses to think about this year&#8217;s Formula One World Championship, taking an approach that follows the Monaco Grand Prix, &#8220;by race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Verstappen finished fourth in Sunday&#8217;s race at Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Dutch led the race until the end of lap 77 before making their second mandatory pit stop.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Red Bull&#8217;s relaxed slow corners meant Verstappen couldn&#8217;t take on McLaren or Ferrari in qualifying.<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Red Bull then went long in Barstappen, locking him out until the end of the penultimate lap in the case of red flags and safety cars.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Verstappen is 25 points behind championship leader Oscar Piastri ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Barcelona Circuit will probably fit Red Bull due to lack of slow corners.<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When asked about the title race, Verstappen rejected the story about it after Monaco.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Well, honestly, I&#8217;m not really thinking about the championship. I just want to go to the race by race,&#8221; Verstappen said as RN365 quoted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Of course, some trucks, you might be a little more competitive, some you&#8217;ll struggle a little more. And I think it was clear that we struggled again in Monaco.<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;But honestly, we&#8217;ve struggled here with this new generation of cars every year. Only in 23 years we had a big pace advantage and you still won the race.<\/p>\n<h2>Verstappen: &#8220;We know our limits.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Verstappen is usually not happy to miss the podium, but he felt that Red Bull was the most extracted from the package given the current &#8220;limitations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Red Bull excels in tracks made up of high-speed corners, winning in Japan and Imola.<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I think we did a good job considering our pace throughout the weekend,&#8221; Verstappen added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;But yeah, I&#8217;m, of course, as a team, we&#8217;re never happy with the P4. 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