Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr expect next weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix to be a "challenging" one.
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve features a number of long straights – putting the Italian outfit at a disadvantage due to running the Renault power unit – and neither driver has raced at the tricky track.
Verstappen suffered a scary crash at the last race in Monaco but he is okay and is ready to return to action in Canada.
"I’m feeling fine now after the unfortunate end to the Monaco Grand Prix and there are no after affects from the crash," he said.
"I even spent a day karting afterwards so everything is fine on the physical side. Canada will be a challenging race for us with its long straights, but I think we can have another strong weekend anyway.
"It will be the first time for me in Canada and I’ve heard a lot of great things about the circuit, the city and the country so I’m looking forward to it."
Sainz Jr recovered from a pit lane start at the Circuit de Monaco to finish 10th, and he is looking to add more points to his tally in Montreal. "Canada will be another completely new track for me,” the Spaniard explained.
"It’s a semi-street circuit and like the last venue in Monaco, you can get very close to the walls at the side of the track. I was in Montreal last year, as I went to watch the Grand Prix, and I really enjoyed spending time in the city, which I liked a lot and the track itself looks very interesting.
"I’m looking forward to my first experience of driving the track, which looks as though it provides some good overtaking opportunities. We will again have the soft and supersoft tyres and we can expect high degradation, so it could be a challenging weekend on that front."
This article first appeared on Richland F1.
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Verstappen suffered a scary crash at the last race in Monaco but he is okay and is ready to return to action in Canada.
"I’m feeling fine now after the unfortunate end to the Monaco Grand Prix and there are no after affects from the crash," he said.
"I even spent a day karting afterwards so everything is fine on the physical side. Canada will be a challenging race for us with its long straights, but I think we can have another strong weekend anyway.
"It will be the first time for me in Canada and I’ve heard a lot of great things about the circuit, the city and the country so I’m looking forward to it."
Sainz Jr recovered from a pit lane start at the Circuit de Monaco to finish 10th, and he is looking to add more points to his tally in Montreal. "Canada will be another completely new track for me,” the Spaniard explained.
"It’s a semi-street circuit and like the last venue in Monaco, you can get very close to the walls at the side of the track. I was in Montreal last year, as I went to watch the Grand Prix, and I really enjoyed spending time in the city, which I liked a lot and the track itself looks very interesting.
"I’m looking forward to my first experience of driving the track, which looks as though it provides some good overtaking opportunities. We will again have the soft and supersoft tyres and we can expect high degradation, so it could be a challenging weekend on that front."
This article first appeared on Richland F1.
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