Max Verstappen has insisted that Red Bull’s new RB21 car can’t be worse than its predecessor, and that the team is working in the right direction to extract the maximum potential from it. This comes after a difficult 2024 season, in which the team’s performances dipped midway through the campaign to finish third in the constructors’ championship for the first time since 2019, despite Verstappen winning his fourth consecutive title. Although Red Bull faced challenges during testing in Bahrain, where it recorded the fewest laps of any team, Verstappen confirmed that he feels better in the RB21 than last year, indicating that there are still many things that need improvement before the season starts in Australia.