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Verstappen admits Spa 'tricky' to find the balance as he focuses on Sunday's race with looming grid penalty
07/26/2024 02:20 PM
Max Verstappen's weekend got off to the best possible start as he topped FP1 by over half a second from his rivals, quickest on both the initial harder tyre runs and on the softs. But he couldn't get the beating of the McLaren duo in FP2 as the papaya cars nudged ahead – and with a grid penalty looming, the Dutchman knows there is work to do ahead of the weekend.