From Max his own site. Translation:
"I gave everything that was in it and we maximized again. My start was good, but we are short on the straight. I had a nice action outside Leclerc at turn two. I had more momentum, but then our car just runs not hard enough and you can't do anything. I was lucky that I was not overtaken by a McLaren in the first round."
The Dutchman continues: “After that I was able to ride my own race and I tried to follow Charles Leclerc. It was a bit of a lonely race, but I had Leclerc in sight. So it was not very boring, because you are trying to push. "
When asked where the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team can get the most profit, Verstappen replies:
“We are running out of power on this circuit and the car is also not optimal. Yet there are only a few turns where we are really slower than Mercedes. We would have to drive with a little less downforce, but at the moment that is not possible with the car, because then he is not strong enough at the back. So we still have work to do. "