It ended with a sad 2nd place the weekend of the Dutchman who here, in front of his public, had already conquered Pole e Sprint. To block Max and the Red Bull annoying tire wear, which forced him to make numerous pit stops. In the final Max tried to catch Charles, afflicted by accelerator problems but without obtaining results. From this complicated and at the same time exciting weekend, Max Verstappen comes out with 27 points, a not bad booty, which allows him to still keep a fair distance from Leclerc in standings. After the Grand Prix, Max Verstappen, it was also summoned by the commissioners together with Leclerc e Hamilton for failing to comply with parc ferme procedures. Fortunately this episode only resulted in one fine for the three who will keep their placement safe.
Ferrari had more
From the start of the Grand Prix, Max Verstappen had to fight with a Ferrari that came back on, after resolving some outstanding issues "at home" on Saturday. The Sainz - Leclerc fight in the Sprint gave Max the opportunity to fly testing, for what little the 23 laps allowed offered, the behavior of the medium tyres. If yesterday the RB18 suffered relatively from this problem, today everything is accentuated. Which allowed Charles to repeatedly attack Max and fly away with a few seconds to spare. Not even after the Virtual and with Charles' problems, Max was able to get close to the Monegasque. In addition, if Sainz hadn't had that problem at the Power Unit, the Dutchman would probably have dropped to third position.
The Orange glass is half full
But from this difficult day Max he got the most out of it, and also in the post GP interview he said he was happy with the battle with Charles. A fight that so far has always been played with extreme respect for the two. “Complicated day. Immediately we started to suffer with the tires and this happened with every compound. Too much degradation to be able to attack Charles, but still a good 2nd place. Positive result on a difficult day. Fans? Their orange smoke doesn't distract me. It's a beautiful color and I don't mind driving through this scenery. Seeing so many fans here in Austria is great. Unfortunately I was unable to give away a victory today, but second place is a decent result. We've been fighting with Charles all year, it's great to see these battles”.
Statement source: Formula Passion
