The second place obtained by Max Verstappen at the end of the sprint qualifying of the GP of San Paolo it allowed the Dutch driver to slightly stretch on Lewis Hamilton in the world championship standings. Thanks to this result, the world championship leader now enjoys a 21-point advantage over the British driver of Mercedes, however the protagonist of an applause comeback that led him to fifth place.
Less exciting is the fourth place for Sergio Perez, with the Mexican who has repeatedly tried to overtake the Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, without however being able to get on the podium. An overall result that still satisfied the Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, even if the latter has not yet forgotten the poisons that emerged after yesterday’s qualifying, which led to the disqualification of Hamilton at the recent Sprint Qualifying. Speaking immediately after the session, the British manager thus added other considerations of his own after the FIA checks, not without resorting to some controversy about the flexibility of the Mercedes rear wing.
“This is Formula 1 – commented the Red Bull team principal at the end of the Interlagos Sprint Qualification in Brazil – the technical directive is clear, but they modified the rear wing, allowing the car to reach certain speeds. Something has necessarily happened, you cannot go against the laws of physics, but we will try to understand in order to start from there. To be honest, it wasn’t a big surprise for us, Hamilton’s speed on the straight was mind-boggling, and they won the bet on soft tires with Bottas. We started with the medium and we had some problems with the synchronization of the gears as regards the gearbox ”.
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