Verstappen buoyed by new handling characteristics of 2023 F1 tyres

The Red Bull driver is well known for preferring a pointier front end, as he has no concerns about his cars being more nervous at the rear.

This trait was the opposite of what he started the 2022 campaign with, thanks to the combination of an overweight Red Bull car and the understeer characteristics of Pirelli’s latest generation of tyres.

While Red Bull worked hard to address the weight issue, and made rapid progress from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onwards,…