Max Verstappen believes it is wrong to expect a five-second drop in lap times at every race in 2017 and says some may even be slower than last year.
Formula One introduced wider cars and chunkier tyres for 2017 which were aimed at dramatically reducing lap times, with rule-makers waning to knock five seconds off the pole time set at the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix. That five-second drop was achieved during winter testing, held at Barcelona's Circuit de Cataunya, which hosts the Spain race.
However, in Australia the drop in lap time was much less dramatic, with Lewis Hamilton's 1:22.