'Even just one performance lap I felt like I had to recover for two laps to be able to breathe normally.' Red Bull's Max Verstappen has opened up on how much he was affected at the F1 Saudi Arabian GP after suffering with an illness earlier that week ⬇️
Speaking in Melbourne ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, the reigning double world champion said that initially he felt like he was “missing a lung” and admitted that he didn’t feel good in the car from the start of the weekend.
“I refused to believe it myself for a long time, because at home I was really ill, like I could barely just walk around,” he said of his illness.“Because normally when you get sick, like two, three days after you normally arrive, you can just do your workouts. Verstappen said he has subsequently had time to fully recover and anticipates that “this weekend should be alright”.“Since then, I've been trying to work on it, trying to improve it,” he said.“I think it was just all coming together, and Jeddah is quite a tough track in general. When you don't feel well it hits hard on you.
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