The reaction to the test was mixed but still explosive within the F1 community, which didn't have a race that weekend.
Some took the performance shown as it was and immediately started talking about the level of impact he was going to make the moment he debuted. Some set their expectations to be at the same level as Verstappen's debut, but with the car being competitive, they believed it would be multiple points and not just a single one.
There were also those who argued that the drive was only impressive because there was no one else on the track with similar machinery to see the maximum possible pace that could have been driven. They argued that it only looked impressive because he was the only one there and expected him to perform well in his debut, but that even earning points was going to be challenging. Their reason for the latter was where his debut was going to be: Monaco.
