After a tiring Miami GP, the drivers are enjoying the weekend break ahead of the Spanish GP. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris went together to Monaco to enjoy their weekend with their partners and friends. Further, the drivers even celebrated a fake birthday in Monaco.

The Red Bull and McLaren drivers became close since the Miami GP, as fans saw them partying together in Miami after the race. The party wasn’t enough for the F1 driver. Now Verstappen and Norris flew to Monte-Carlo along with their girlfriends.

Max and Lando took their respective girlfriends, Kelly Piquet and Luisinha Oliveira. Further, the former F3 driver Max Fewtrell also joined the trip. Fewtrell is now part of Lando’s Youtube and esport team, Team Quadrant.

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The F1 drivers are enjoying their time together and participating in fun activities like jet skiing. Further, the two F1 drivers faked Fewtrell’s birthday at a restaurant to order a cake. Both Max and Lando were screaming while their girlfriends Kelly and Luisa enjoyed the moment and clapping.

Max Verstappen will get an upgrade despite the limited budget

The Milton Keynes-based team has one of the best cars this season, giving Ferrari a hard time. However, the 2022 Red Bull challenger is struggling with reliability issues. The Austrian constructors have bagged 3 DNFs in the last five races.

But Red Bull improved their car over the last five races, but the reliability issues aren’t gone yet. Sergio Perez had a sensor glitch at the inaugural Miami GP. The Austrian constructor is continuously developing their car cause it can affect Max Verstappen’s title defending run.

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However, the biggest problem for the car’s development is the budget cap. The F1 teams are not allowed to spend more than the limited resources permitted to them by FIA. The Prancing Horses claims the Austrian F1 team has exhausted most of their budget.

But the Red Bull team principal doesn’t feel so and announced more upgrades for the car in the future races. Christian Horner reported, “The car’s running well. We’ve got some developments coming hopefully later in the summer that will help as well.”

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The next race is the Spanish GP, where Max Verstappen finished second last season. It would be fascinating to see what Max does there this year. Would he be able to finish on the Spanish GP podium this season?