Verstappen “surprised” by ability to follow through Barcelona F1’s final turn

Verstappen, who led both Friday practice sessions, was one of many F1 drivers to give Barcelona’s tweaked layout the thumbs up.

Ahead of the 2007 edition the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was slowed down with a tight final chicane, which drastically reduced speeds through the right-hander leading onto the start-finish straight.

In addition to safety concerns, the original change was made in the hope that slower corner speeds would improve overtaking, but that hasn’t…