Christian Horner shouted ‘get him in’ at Max Verstappen’s race engineer during F1 Dutch GP rain chaos

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says he instructed his team to pit Max Verstappen when a late downpour threatened to spoil his win at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix. 
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Verstappen was cruising towards another home victory at Zandvoort when a heavy deluge sparked chaos in the closing stages, resulting in a red flag after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu aquaplaned into the barriers. 

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The Dutchman was not immediately convinced about switching to intermediate tyre♌s as the rain started to fall. But Horner took matters into his own hands, revealing he shouted “get him in” at Verstappen’s race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase.  

“We were unsure what was going to hapཧpen with the weather✤ - was it a few spots, was it going to go through?” Horner explained. 

“And at the end, I was shouting at G⭕P: ‘get him in!”

♌Verstappen overcame both downpours to claim a record-e﷽qualling ninth consecutive victory, marking his 11th win from 13 races this season. 

Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch
Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium. Formula 1 World…

Horner believes his team getting th✱eir strategy right in such challenging conditions was partly down to luck, and partly risk-management. 

"I think it's a combination of the two," he said. "There were so💙 many thi🐭ngs that could go wrong.

"We saw calls being made early on where caܫrs droppe𝓰d out of contention, into contention. 

“But we've don🌄e eight pitstops today and the team has nailed every one of them other thanꦦ the one that Checo gave us about five seconds notice for. 

“So, it's been an incredible team performance."

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