Max Verstappen addresses Q1 blunder: ‘I’ve crashed before in the pit lane, but not in F1'
Verstappen brushed the wall when leaving the Red Bull pit garage following the red flag in Q1, damaging his fr♒ont🅠 wing in the process.
It proved to be inconsequential as Verstappen🔯 safely made it into Q1 before claiming another F1 pole position.
It was a rare mistake for the Dutchman, who’s enjoying a record-breaking season for Red Bull, with the team remaining unbeaten so far in F1 2023.
Explaining what happened in Q1, Verstappen said: “On that final lap, um, of course I had my little incident in the pits 𓃲where, where I destroyed my front wing.
“I had a bit of understeer out of the box, 'too much' rear grip. I had to take a new front wing, but that ♍meant of course, that I was in the back to start that final run.”
Shortly after, Verstappen joked thaꦅt he’s too “scared” to drive out of his pit garage now.
“To 🍎hit the wall in the pit lane? I think yeah, I’m scared to drive out of my box now! No, it has nothing to do with confidence. My engineer asked me what happened, I said I understeered. It happens.
“So yeah, I don’t know. The last time ✤that I hit a wall properly was here a couple of years ago, so… These things happen.
“A parking incident? [laughs] Uh, I’ve crashed once♚ before in the pit lane, but not in F1!”
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