‘We did everything wrong’ - Max Verstappen’s frustration at Red Bull explained
Max Verstappen admitted he was frustrated with Red Bul✨ℱl's execution of the Austrian Grand Prix.
SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA -168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen could not hide his frustration with Red Bull’s strategy and execution of the F1 Austrian Grand P🍬rix, rueing that “everything just went w🔴rong”.
The three-time world champion had appeared on course for a comfortable victory at the Red Bull Ring until a slow second pit stop left him under threat from McLaren’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris.
Verstappen successfully repelled several attacks from Norris until the pair came to blows at Turn 3 on ไLap 64, leaving both drivers with punctures and in need of repairs.
Norris was forced to retire while Verstappen was able to continue, finishing fifth as Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell capitali𒆙sed on the drama to snatch an unlikely win.
Speaking after the race, the Dutchman admitted he believedꦿ Red Bull had made a number of mistakes at crucial points in Sunday’s 71-lap race.
“The first stint was quite good, then at the end of that I caught quite a bit of traffic - 🍸which we should have just boxed [to avoid], because I gave up free laptime,” Verstappen said.
“We basicall♑y did a lot of things wrong today. Firstly, it started with the strategy, then the pitstops were a disast♔er.
“The first one was already bad, the second one was even more of a ꧃disaster. And then of course you give free laptime. There’s seconds you give away, six seconds over those two pi🍃tstops.
“An♏d then of course, it’s a race again. And that’s why we put ourselves in that pos🦄ition for unfortunately an accident to happen, which you never want to happen.
“We did everythin⭕g wrong that we could have done wrong.”
Asked if he was more annoyed with Red Bull’s strategy and execution of the race🐼 than the incident with Norris, Verstappen replied: “Yes, be🀅cause today’s just been awful. Everything has been wrong.
“I’m complaining about the tyres, we didn’t pit. I 🎀was stuck inꦚ traffic, bad execution with the pitstops. So everything just went wrong.”
Verstappen added: “Today was just very bad. I honestly have no explanatiไon why.
“Suddenly the car just transformed from an OK balance in the first stint to just undriveable behaviour afterwards, which normally indicates that som🧸et🍸hing was also wrong.
“But even with 🍒that, w꧑e should have won today if we didn’t make so many errors as well with the pitstops.”
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