VERSTAPPEN BLAMES EASIER CARS FOR GAPS

Original: Max Verstappen: Smaller team-mate gaps are down to "easier" cars as Andrea Stella disagrees

Max Verstappen attributes narrow team-mate performance gaps in 2026 to the current generation of cars being "easier," while McLaren's Andrea Stella disagrees with this assessment.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen thinks the narrow gaps between team-mates in 2026 are being helped by this generation of cars being easier to drive on the limit, with McLaren team boss Andrea Stella offering a different view. At Zandvoort Liam Lawson qualified eighth, one tenth behind Verstappen, on a one