F1 US GP: Verstappen explains phantom stop and awkward retirement

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:United States Grand 🐠Prix - Race results

Max Verstapꦚpen has taken responsibility for his phantom pit-stop during the United States Grand Prix and explained why he parked up his car in an unfortunate p♍osition as gearbox gremlins forced only a second mechanical retirement for Red Bull in 2016.

Verstappen explains phantom stop and awkward retirement

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:United States Grand Prix - Race r൲esultꦯs

Max Verstappen has taken responsibility for his phantom pit-stop during the United States Grand Prix and explained why he parked up his ဣcar in an unfortunate position as gearbox gremlins forced only a second mechanical retirement for Red Bull in 2016.

In an eventful afternoon for the youngster, Verstappen was running a fourth at the Circ𝓡uit of the Americas having passed Kimi Raikkonen during his second stint,🐷 only to pull into the pit-lane without having been asked to do so.

Arriving to his box with mechanics jumping into action, Verstappen revealed he simply believed he had been asked toꦑ come into the pit lane.

"They told me to push hard the lap before so I thought that was an indication to box," he told reporters after the ♈race. "So I drove into the pit lane and suddenly realised they didn't box me. That was definitely my fault ꦜand not very clever, but it didn't make any difference.

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With Verstappen's race ending only a few laps later when he suffered a gearbox failure, the Dutchman caused more headaches for his team when he pulled over in a position that would force a Virtual Safety C꧋ar, unintentionally hampering his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in his fight for second with Nico Rosberg.

However, Verstappen says it was the team urging him to continue before telling him to pull over, only to suffer a further issue with the car that would prevent it ♏from being rolled back. With the car having to be removed by crane, the VSC was called, allowing Mercedes a 'free' stop to get 🐎Rosberg ahead of Ricciardo.

"The team told me to keep on going, I said there ﷺwas a serious issue and at one point they told me to stop 'over there'. It was in neutral and then the car got stuck, then you can press the button on the top but it didn't work. Otherwise you could just push the car into the gap."

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