Max Verstappen finished the opening day of the Belgian Grand prix in fourth place, one position higher than championship leader, Sebastian Vettel.
The Dutchman thrilled the 80,000 plus fans clad in orange to support their hero, every time he took to the track, the cheers even overpowering the sounds of his Red Bull racer at times.
While he was happy eno0ugh with his on track performance, max admitted afterwards that it ‘was nothing special' in terms of performance.
"It was an OK first day back here at Spa but nothing special. Between Daniel and myself we tried a few set-ups to improve speed on the straights, it's somewhere we need to improve in order to fight so we are trying to find a good compromise. At the moment we don't seem too far off the two top teams but it is only Friday, I'm sure it will be a different gap tomorrow,” he said.
“It's hard here to find the set-up to be competitive on the straights but also balanced in the corners, we will make some steps in the right direction tonight, hopefully. In the dry I think we will be the solid third team like we have seen so far this season.”
“Although it's raining at the moment I don't think there is much more forecast. This is a shame as it would definitely help us; fingers crossed we get a bit more for the race. There is already a lot of orange to be seen in the crowd and it's only Friday, I'm expecting to see a lot more tomorrow and Sunday which is really great and nice to see so many fans supporting me, it always helps come race day."
