Max Verstappen he will start only from 15th position tomorrow in the Belgian GP, due to the penalty on the grid remedied for the replacement of the power unit. The impressive qualifying session carried out by the Dutch Red Bull, who in Q3 set the absolute best time trimming about seven tenths of a second per second, Carlos Sainz, however frightened all the other drivers on the grid. After winning in Hungary starting from the tenth position, in fact, everyone considers the reigning world champion capable of an even greater feat on the legendary track of Spa. shown by its RB18 on the competition. His former teammate in Milton Keynes, Pierre Gaslyhowever, believes that # 1 can do even better in front of an audience made up of three quarters of its supporters.
In fact, the AlphaTauri standard bearer, interviewed by Sky Sport F1 at the end of qualifying, he even indicated Verstappen as the main favorite for the win. “When I saw how fast Max is, I thought that he should be penalized every race and always start from behind – ironized the Frenchman, who today set the 12th time in qualifying, being eliminated in Q2 – he would win a lot anyway. We should do an inverted grid every weekend. He is incredibly fast. I think Max will win the race tomorrow, for sure. He is impressive. He is in a class of his own at the moment. I wouldn’t be surprised at all. Fans will enjoy seeing him race “. Words that certainly challenge the superstition of the orange fans. If he were to win starting 15th Verstappen would be one step away from the feat achieved by Michael Schumacher with Benetton in 1995. On that occasion, the Kaiser won Spa after starting from the 16th spot on the grid.
Yuki Tsunoda he did not find time to express himself on the other drivers, also because he concentrated on analyzing a bad performance. Last among those not penalized, the Japanese will start only 13th on the grid: “It was a really disappointing day. I’ve felt pretty good in the car so far and I think we were competitive enough to be able to comfortably move up to Q2 and even have a chance to do Q3. Unfortunately, today it did not go like this: I had a good start and then, later in the lap, I went astray. There are overtaking opportunities here at Spa, so hopefully we can try to progress“.
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