F1 News: Red Bull Team Chief Addresses Max Verstappen's Monaco FP1 Troubles

Christian Horner has spoken out on Max Verstappen's problems throughout the first free practice session ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has spoken out on the troubles Max Verstappen was experiencing during the first free practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. 

The Dutch driver was complaining of issues with the low ride height during the session, including the car bottoming out and being very difficult to control in the high-speed sectors. Verstappen told the team he would need to return to the pits as he was finding the car so difficult to control.

Speaking during the team press conference following the session, Horner explained that the team had decided to run a different set-up for Verstappen to that of his teammate Sergio Perez, which he didn't get on with. Horner said to the press:

"We tried something that Max didn't like much. We'll change during the break and see that we can adjust the car better for him.

"There's no problem with Checo. We had to change something in the tuning and are now trying to adjust the car to the track."

The next free practice session will be starting in just under an hour and a half so the Austrian team will be hoping the next set-up choice will be more appropriate for the driver so he will be able to get in some crucial data collection laps. 

The first practice session came to an early finish as Alex Albon crashed his Williams into the wall with less than five minutes to go. Thankfully Albon is ok and the British team will be working on his car to hopefully get it fixed for the second practice session later today.