The track is built on a former swamp, which has made it difficult for organizers to keep it in good condition, but the four-time champion dismissed that as a reason not to try to fix the problem.
“You can make the excuse that the ground was a problem, but then you should have known that and made sure you made it stronger,” Verstappen said.
“Last year, for example, you pulled about 5-6G in a corner, but I had a vertical load of more than 9G on my spine, which I can tell you is not really fun, and especially as you get older, you think about it more and more.”
Verstappen said the problem will deepen this year because, despite the 2022-25 cars having a lower ride height overall, the latest regulations mean the cars run less in the corners than last season.
This is because there is a transition between opening the front and rear wings in drag reduction mode on straight roads and closing them in corners, which means the cars drop to the ground when braking.
“You get more difficult because it’s actually a very stressful moment to be under braking when the wings close and the ride height drops, and I know it’s very bumpy under braking in some places,” he said.
“Especially when it’s like these awkward bumps, not only the off-road bumps, but the surface underneath the ground is just moving up and down, sometimes (it’s) very hard to wait or if you’re a little bit offline, you don’t know what’s out there because sometimes nobody’s really driving here.
“I can tell you from my spine checks that the lower part doesn’t look too good.
“I know it’s part of racing. I know it can be part of the sport, but it’s also more damage to the cars that we’ve had in the last few years.
“If we continue to make it acceptable to drive now, you’re going to suffer more from it.”